Frank Frank Frank.
We're going to disagree on this one. Newman is destructive and arrogant. He's doing what he's doing because he - well - 'Can Do' it, not for any good reason. Why do the Newmans and Abbotts of this world take everything from a few instead of spreading the pain by taking a little from many. Hawke and Keating did this when they introduced Super. With union agreement they kept a lid on take-home wage increases and used the foregone increases to start the superfunds, thus easing pressure on employers.
If QLD had a serious debt problem (it hasn't) wouldn't it make sense to cap wages for a short time for everyone, rather than ruin 20,000 people's lives. I will have no sympathy for the pilots who agree with Newman's tactics when they lose their jobs due to lack of work, because now 20,000 people won't be flying anywhere for work or holidays. The downward spiral begins.
If Newman was fair dinkum about austerity measures why did he pay Costello $4k per day for a challenging 3 day a week job, to come up with a result he was told to find before he started? Why have heads of departments, already on $400k/y, being given $80,000/y increases? No wonder he's not game to let anyone into the public gallery who dares to think differently from him.
To the whinging whining bastards who oppose the NDIS due to cost, just wait till you're stuck without help 24/7 with an incontinent 37 year old vegetable. I thank your invisible friend for Labor's guts in finally introducing this scheme.