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| BLAME GAME: There is a torrent of tears and a flood of questions over the dams' role in the devastating 2011 floods. |
PREMIER Campbell Newman clearly has a duty of care as leader of the new State Government to explain further the serious questions that still need to be addressed over the devastating floods in Brisbane in 2011.
But with reports that Mr Newman has ruled out any further royal commissions into the event, one has to wonder if political blame-gaming starts and ends with Newman inheriting the problem from the previous Labor government.
And the three flood engineers who were under scrutiny from the Crime and Misconduct Commission are no doubt sighing with relief, with the CMC stating that a flaw in the dams' operations manual may have been a cause. The same cannot be said for many Brisbane flood victims. No doubt some, still waiting on insurance claims to be finalised, are looking for answers to the devastating event that caught so many by surprise.
Newman prior to the last state election used the event to cast doubt over former premier Anna Bligh's credibility and standing as leader during the floods and was clearly playing politics with the issue.
Now that the boot is on the other foot, new Premier Campbell Newman clearly has a duty to all flood victims to address once and for all the muddied and murky waters of an event that devastated so many and still has so many unanswered questions that need to be answered.
Paul Henderson, Wynnum
PREMIER Campbell Newman clearly has a duty of care as leader of the new State Government to explain further the serious questions that still need to be addressed over the devastating floods in Brisbane in 2011.
But with reports that Mr Newman has ruled out any further royal commissions into the event, one has to wonder if political blame-gaming starts and ends with Newman inheriting the problem from the previous Labor government.
And the three flood engineers who were under scrutiny from the Crime and Misconduct Commission are no doubt sighing with relief, with the CMC stating that a flaw in the dams' operations manual may have been a cause. The same cannot be said for many Brisbane flood victims. No doubt some, still waiting on insurance claims to be finalised, are looking for answers to the devastating event that caught so many by surprise.
Newman prior to the last state election used the event to cast doubt over former premier Anna Bligh's credibility and standing as leader during the floods and was clearly playing politics with the issue.
Now that the boot is on the other foot, new Premier Campbell Newman clearly has a duty to all flood victims to address once and for all the muddied and murky waters of an event that devastated so many and still has so many unanswered questions that need to be answered.
Paul Henderson, Wynnum
24.8.12
