Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie, ACis an Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland from 1998 to 2007 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state from 1996 to 2007. His sweeping victories in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 state elections confirmed him as one of the most electorally successful politicians in Australia...
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Some have been flattened, roofs have been taken off. The property damage has been immense.
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We appointed Tony Morris to start and finish a job and that's what I would prefer,
We haven't had a cyclone like this for decades, if we've ever had one like it before.
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We'll fight to the end, but I don't think we'll win them (the seats),
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It's our job to accept the umpire's decision and to find a way through this mess.
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This is a very difficult case because it is very isolated, and that's why we have called for expressions of interest from both conforming and non-conforming interests,
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Everyone in the urban areas is actually paying full cost recovery.
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This was the last thing the government wanted. However, it's our job to accept the umpire's decision and find a way through this mess, ... We will finish what we started. We will reform the health system and not only that, we will ensure that the people of Bundaberg will get justice.
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The whole bloody place is blown apart ... This is going to be a long, slow recovery.
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I told him he probably knows more about money than the bloke in Canberra,
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The Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship celebrates its Centenary this year so it's pleasing to see our top Australian players coming out in force to support the event,
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A woman is dying and the state government wants to be as sensitive and caring as possible,
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I wanted some real economic advice from a real Australian, someone in touch with the land, in touch with reality . . . unlike the other Mr Costello.
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The money might be better off used for things like law-and- order initiatives, schools and hospitals,