The Premier, Bob Carr, dubbed Darth Vader launched his bid for a historic third term by asking voters not to judge Labor solely on its record but to look to the future and let his Government "get on with the job".The yesterday pill. Forget about yesterday's corruption?
Returning to the Dame Joan Sutherland Centre in Penrith for the fourth campaign launch since becoming ALP leader in 1988, he delivered a subdued speech, in tune with the uncertain international climate and the possibility of war in Iraq. Carr did not go to the peace rally or said anything in support of peace even though he has a high profile and can influence many people?
Carr anchored his pitch for re-election on a mix of political experience and fiscal restraint, underpinned by a modest list of new pre-poll promises, including more teachers, smaller classes and expanded cancer services. He never mentioned his corrupt police.
Short memory my friends.
Asking the electorate to help him "secure the future of NSW", he said that more nurses and teachers, smarter policing, a war on cancer and safer communities were the measure of what state governments could - and should - do. "They matter, they're deeply important ... because it's only quality of life in a well-educated community with an open, adaptable economy and sleek, modern infrastructure that will meet the aspirations of our people, and their children, in the years and decades to come," he said.
[No mention of no accountability to the courts because of the new police powers set up to set you up by raiding your homes after he is elected. ]
Carr: "It's that prospect which informs and shapes the things we do. This job, the challenge, is as big as NSW itself. It drives and charges my enthusiasm and the dedication of my team. It underlies our deep sense of what a privilege it is to lead this state and its people."
[Tell your story to all the dead citizens who can't vote! To all the mentally ill who languish in jail! To all those children who died at the hands of DOCS because no one followed up reports of child abuse! To all those people who overdosed on heroin because the ICAC was seeking corrupt cops and decided to lure them with an overdose of pure heroin!]
Promised projects for a third Carr Government include:
$329 million to hire 1474 new teachers to reduce class sizes to 20 children in kindergarten, 22 in year 1 and 24 in year 2.
$290 million to fight cancer, including creation of a new cancer institute, a major expansion of radiotherapy services and a new program to recruit doctors, nurses and other professionals.
Australia's first compulsory drug treatment prison, solely for repeat offenders.
An alcohol summit, modelled on the successful drug summit, to find new strategies to deal with the social and health effects of alcohol abuse.
$160 million for a second Cronulla branch line. The creation of a minister for science and medical research.
The campaign launch comes as new Herald ACNielsen polling shows that Labor has opened up a commanding 16-point lead over the Coalition just 12 days before the March 22 poll.
[But any party could have a 16 point lead over the Coalition. No great accomplishment there.]
Carr, who was introduced by the youngest member of his cabinet, the Minister for Juvenile Justice, Carmel Tebbutt, told the ALP faithful that he had come to know the people of NSW well, standing beside them as they grieved for children who had not returned from a "pleasant holiday in the sun" or standing by the "blackened and drought-stricken remains of people's dreams".
But Tebbutt is one of his many thrills in a short skirt to promote the Carr government and deceive electors when the chips are down. Carr knows Tebbutt will perform better because in his eyes she looks better. By giving preferences to these people they will in turn bend over and hide the governments mistakes by lying to the public. Barby Dolls are not people who have earned their place in society or used to introduce Vader.
Carr: "I've come to know that we in this state are a good people. And we deserve the measurably better life that good government can give. We've achieved a lot together in these most remarkable years. And we've learnt a lot too.
But what did the public learn? How greedy and corrupt their government is and how much they lie.
Carr: "So we ask once more for your confidence and your watchful esteem as we set out again to enhance and enlarge the life of our people to secure the future of NSW."
Why do you lie like that? Lie one hundred and one. See!
Mr Carr said that Labor's plans for a third term would be capped at $800 million in recurrent spending over four years and a further $800 million had been earmarked for capital works.
Watched by the former prime ministers Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam, the former premier Neville Wran and the Federal Labor Leader, Simon Crean, Carr focused on the reform themes of his premiership.
These included his personal push for stem cell research, changes to tort law and intervention in the immigration debate. "We have elevated environment concerns to the heart, not the fringe of politics.
We have fought against the ultimate in overdevelopment - namely, a rate of population growth too big for Sydney or Australia to handle.
We have engaged a mature electorate about population policy and the slim carrying capacity of our fragile land.
"Labor's approach in NSW is far removed from the growth at any cost view of some other states.
Our focus is on protecting our quality of life."
By Corrupt Govt 10 March 03 State Truth Reporter
THE UNDERTAKER: Ashes to ashes dust to dust. The fish always rots at the head.
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