Premier Beattie - would you rather drink recycled water or die of thirst ...

Another of those wonderful Beattie PR spin press releases.

This time, everyone in SEQ is so happy to drink recycled water we'd give up drinking anything else.

Excerpt from Beattie spin team press release:

PREMIER WELCOMES RESEARCH SHOWING SOUTH EAST QUEENSLANDERS STRONGLY SUPPORT PURIFIED RECYCLED WATER

22 August 2007

Premier Peter Beattie today welcomed new research by the Queensland Water Commission which shows South East Queenslanders continue to strongly support the addition of purified recycled water to our drinking supply.

"The survey of 1000 South East Queenslanders conducted during July has found that 74 per cent of those surveyed support the addition of purified recycled water to ensure water security," Mr Beattie said.

"That's exactly the same level of support as when the survey was conducted in December last year."
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With the rather interesting questions asked that 'showed' everyone was in favour of Council amalgamations, you have to wonder what questions were asked of the 1000 respondents.

Just another Beattie PR stunt.

He wouldn't dare put the question to a referendum, yet claims he wants to use PM Howard's polling offer to poll Queenslanders on a range of issues.

If the Premier is looking for an accurate survey of people's views on drinking recycled water, he need look no further than the results of the Toowoomba Regional Council elections next March ...