Russell Wattie your Independent Candidate for the Maryborough Electorate Why do I want to be a Politician? I don’t! This is something I have to do, not something I want to do. Over the last few years the various media outlets have written much about me and my past, yet like always they only tell part of the story. I know that there is much more to me than what they have told, so here follows a few parts of my past that have not been reported. When I was 11 years old I completed my 1st year Piano exams at the Melbourne Conservatory of Music passing with Credit. The only practice I had the 2 weeks prior to the exams was my two half hour music lessons, my parents said I would regret giving up the Piano, of course they were right. I trained Aussie Rules Football for three teams over five years, getting to play one game for each team. I wasn’t much good at football, but after moving to Queensland as a 17 year old took up Water Polo. That year I played in the Queensland state Water Polo Championships, (I wasn’t much good at Water Polo either, but it looks good on the resume) Having been raised by a father who was a Farm Fencing Contractor, I can build a good fence, but don’t like doing it. My Step-Father was born and breed on his property so working not only on his farm as a youngster, but a lot of work on local farms in the district, I’ve driven Tractors in ever diminishing circles, mustered Sheep & Cattle, worked in a local piggery & did a couple of years of Sheep Shearing. I’ve worked as a Truck driver, over the years I’ve carted Livestock, General, Produce, Express and Road Training out in the Great Victorian Desert of South Australia, sat on the side of the road during the 1988 Yass blockades, got involved in the politics of Road transport at the time. Other jobs I have worked at include but not limited to Boilermaking, Fitting, ran my own Engineering business employing 13 people, been a Supervisor, Superintendant, Union representative for the AMWU, a member of the AWU, TWU, & the Federated Ironworkers Union. For 8 years I was an active member of the Wangaratta Branch of the Victorian Liberal Party, during which time I served as Branch Vice-President, Male delegate to State Council, & Membership Officer. I attended many fundraisers and political gatherings in that time, having meet many of the luminaries of the Liberal Party including Australia’s current Prime Minister and the then serving PM John Howard. I have been a member of other great political organisations, like the Moyhu Kindergarten Parents & Citizens Committee, & the Moyhu Football Club Committee. Most people would scoff at mention of Kindergarten P&Cs as a Political organisation; all I can say is go and serve on one and tell me there are no politics involved. Obviously I am a family man being involved in Kindergarten P&C, I have three Girls of my own and two Boys & a Girl from my wife of 25 years, and a Step-Daughter from my previous Marriage, yes a real life Brady bunch. As you can see from the above I have participated in a broad range of Australian Life, including the things the Mainstream media will want to focus on, my former membership of one of the “Declared Criminal Organisations”, and time spent many years ago in jail. The consequence of my life experience is that I can bring to Parliament real life experience, that unfortunately in today’s climate of career politicians’ is sadly lacking in our leaders. Maryborough has a real jobs crisis, yet all the LNP has done for jobs in the last 3 years is destroy 20,000 public service jobs and oversee an increase in Queensland’s unemployment figures to record highs. Now they have the cheek to campaign on a platform of creating jobs, sorry but the LNP record shows the opposite effect of their policy’s to date. The LNP are thought by Queensland voters, to be the best at managing Queensland’s economy. Where does it make economic sense to “Lease not Sell” assets that produce income for the Government? They say now that if the figures don’t add up that it won’t happen, yet have stated in the past that if the voters of Queensland re-elect them they will take that as a mandate to privatise via “lease”. So what is it Mr Newman, do the figures have to add up, or will you have a mandate to Privatise assets currently owned by the people of Queensland? The LNP have used what I like to call “True Lies”, to show a reduction in the crime rate, Last week Mr Newman stated a set of figures that referred to specific areas of Queensland, yet completely neglected to mention the fact these were regional figures, the implication was that they were state based, but they weren’t, so a “True Lie”. They have mounted a vicious Propaganda campaign to support the VLAD Group of laws, one recent Courier Mail article saw the QPS claim that one local Motorcycle club had disbanded completely due to the VLAD laws, they must have done this Psychopathically as the Outcast MC disbanded in Queensland some 14 months before the Newman Government was even elected, that’s how good they are. On the subject of the VLAD group of laws, Queenslanders need to understand, the word Bikie, or Motorcycle Club is not mentioned anywhere in the Laws. Under VLAD; 3 Definitions In this Act— association means any of the following— (a) a corporation; (b) an unincorporated association; (c) a club or league; (d) any other group of 3 or more persons by whatever name called, whether associated formally or informally and whether the group is legal or illegal. That Queenslanders, means any one of you or rather any three of you can be regarded as a Criminal organisation. Remember that when the VLAD group of law was brought in the LNP declared the 26 clubs to be “declared criminal organisation” with NO JUDICIAL PROCESS WHAT SO EVER. You could be next; it is just the stroke of a pen. I could go on for hours about the areas of the VLAD group of laws that do not meet Queensland’s own Legislative Standards Act 1992, and also International Treaty’s that Australia is signatory to, and in April of last year the International Court in their Decision in Horvath V Australia clearly shows that as far as the International Court is concerned the tenants of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are taken by them to be Law in Australia. For any one that is interested to know my understanding of the position on these laws please feel free to contact me. Should the people of the electorate of Maryborough choose to elect me as their representative to the Parliament of Queensland, I will fight to see that the Government of the day governs in a fair and legal manner for the good of Queensland, and promote legislation that has genuine possibility of creating jobs and opportunity for the residents of the Maryborough electorate and Queensland as a whole. I will oppose asset sales under whatever terminology the government tries to sell them I will fight Political Corruption both within the parliament and within the public service including QPS at every opportunity. I will work towards fair legislation for Queensland Farmers and Road network users, including the transport industry. I will work to achieve a Bill of Rights to protect Queenslanders from governments who may choose to overrule them. The Electorate of Maryborough deserves better than the representation of the last term of Parliament, we deserve someone who is prepared to take the government of the day, to task, and hold them responsible for the decisions they make that affect the Maryborough electorate and Queensland as a whole. Sincerely Yours Russell Wattie Maryborough Electorate Candidate 2015 Queensland State Election russellwattieformp@gmail
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:14:09 +0000
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