Feeding drinking quality water to machines ...
Qld Liberal Leader (for the moment), Dr Flegg, has come out in support of recycled water for drinking and industrial uses.
See - Courier Mail - Libs support recycled water.
Dr Flegg's comments are at odds with his Qld Coalition party's current position but somewhat in line with the comments of Federal Liberals such as MP Turnbull (although he now says it should only be used for drinking if the community accepts it - note he is not asking this question of the people of his electorate of Wentworth in Sydney!).
But it seems Dr Flegg is only supporting it for Brisbane and not for areas outside Brisbane, instead supporting new infrastructure because they have time to build it. (So, apparently, Premier Beattie's Armageddon is here now for Brisbane.)
It is now not quite four months since the referendum in Toowoomba and there are still politicians around who seem intent on forcing people to drink recycled sewage.
Meanwhile, large companies in Brisbane happily gulp down drinking quality water.
Does it really make sense to feed drinking quality water to machines and ask people to drink recycled sewage water ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 6:15 AM
2 Comments:
Seems Dr Flegg was off on a frolic of his own.
Excerpt from the Courier Mail:
Water gaffe strands Flegg
20 November 2006
LIBERAL leader Bruce Flegg has been left isolated after insisting a decision on adding recycled water to drinking supplies must be made immediately.
Coalition leader Jeff Seeney yesterday slammed Dr Flegg, saying his claim that recycled drinking water must now be considered inevitable was wrong.
Liberal MPs also refused to back Dr Flegg, with Kawana MP Steve Dickson saying there was no evidence an immediate decision on recycled water was necessary.
...
Following an "honest and frank" discussion between the pair, Mr Seeney refused to publicly back Dr Flegg's leadership. "I work with the leader of the Liberal Party, whoever that is," he said.
All Dr Flegg has done is divert more attention away from Premier Beattie's current woes ...
9:39 AM, November 21, 2006
All those people jumping up and down saying that Beattie should not have any referendum know that there will never be majority support for drinking recycled water. They don't want a referendum because they know they will lose. So they want to force people to drink it instead.
10:34 AM, November 21, 2006
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