Flanagan queried on misleading comments ...

At the Council Committee meetings last week, Councillor Shelton queried the comments made by the Director of Engineering Services, Kevin Flanagan, at a Water Solutions Workshop held at Highfields on 13 May 2006.

Mr Flanagan now states that the gas water 'probably' includes organic contaminants and 'may' include radioactive contaminants but that with treatment any radioactive contaminants would be removed.

Source - Council Committee meeting minutes - 16-17 May 2006.

That statement is somewhat different from the impression given to the audience at the Highfields meeting.

One of the Council's often used scare tactics in relation to the gas water has been to state that it contains contaminants which will remain in the water.

However, given that reverse osmosis will be used to clean the water for Chinchilla and Dalby - the same RO process that would be used for the Water Futures project - why is it that the gas water is unsafe but the recycled sewage is apparently perfectly safe?

More misleading tactics courtesy of the Toowoomba City Council.

Mr Flanagan will need to watch himself. The clock is ticking down to the formal start of the referendum period and every statement he makes during this period will be examined to determine if it is materially false or misleading.

Looks like he will be choosing his words more carefully for a couple of months ...