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Joh Bjelke-Petersen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Joh himself would ultimately be prosecuted for perjury in 1991, but following a hung jury (claimed to be due to the jury foreman, a former young Liberals) the prosecution declined to proceed with a retrial and the matter was dropped. Sir Joh's request that Nationals MP's join him in a boycott went unheeded, and at the meeting Sir Joh was deposed as National Party leader by Mike Ahern, one of the ministers he had sacked. The Joh for Canberra campaign was of significant benefit to the incumbent Labor Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen   (3314 words)

Flo Bjelke-Petersen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At the 1980 federal elections, Joh Bjelke-Petersen arranged against the wishes of Party President Sir Robert Sparkes for his wife to be placed in the number one position on the National Party's Queensland Senate ticket, ensuring her election. It was widely speculated that Joh Bjelke-Petersen intended entering federal politics, and that at some point Flo Bjelke-Petersen would resign from the Senate and allow her husband to be appointed to the vacancy. Florence Isabel Bjelke-Peterson (born August 11, 1920), Lady Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate and is the widow of the longest-serving Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flo_Bjelke-Petersen   (298 words)

S2005/02 - CONDOLENCES - Sir Johannes (Joh) Bjelke-Petersen Speech That the Senate record its deep regret at the death on 23 April 2005 of the Honourable Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG, former Premier of the State of Queensland, place on record its appreciation of his long public service and tender its profound sympathy to his family in their bereavement. Joh did this because he was concerned that, if farmers and graziers had three losses in the family in quick succession, the value of the property was written right out. Joh is now put to rest and I mourn the loss of a friend from whom I learnt the values of action and leadership. www.ronboswell.com /s2005.02.html   (2258 words)

Encyclopedia: Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Joh's request that Nationals MP's join him in a boycott went unheeded, and at the meeting Sir Joh was deposed as National Party leader by Mike Ahern, one of the ministers he had sacked. Sir Joh himself would ultimately be prosecuted for perjury in 1991, but following a hung jury (claimed to be due to the jury foreman, a former National Party member) the prosecution declined to proceed with a retrial and the matter was dropped. Sir Joh then met with State Governor Sir Walter Campbell in an effort to purge the dissenters from Cabinet. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Joh-Bjelke_Petersen   (7207 words)

Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94 - Wikinews Queensland Australia's Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, a controversial figure who served as the State's Premier for 19 years and reigned over the government that later became the subject of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, has died in hospital at Kingaroy, aged 94. Joh was also influential in the famous case of the Dismissal by the Governor General of then-Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, in 1975. The body of Sir Joh, who was of Lutheran faith, is to be buried at Bethany, the family property near Kingaroy. en.wikinews.org /wiki/Controversial_Queensland_Premier_of_19_years_dies_at_94   (938 words)

Jeff's Site - Queensland Gallery. Sir Joh became Premier of Queensland in 1968 eventually losing it in 1987, and during the intervening period whatever you might have thought about what he was doing, he definitely had a way about him - he refered to press conferences as "feeding the chooks". Sir Joh was actually born in New Zealand in 1911, but his family moved to Kingaroy in 1913. For this gallery we offer a selection of cartoons spanning 1974, when he made it obvious to the Whitlam Government that he was a force to be reckoned with, finishing with the now famous "Joh For PM" campaign and his eventual lose of power in 1987. www.geoffhook.com /joh   (219 words)

Crikey Website - Remembering Sir Joh All the best-informed Joh critics such as Evan Whitton, Phil Dickie, Ross Fitzgerald and Tony Koch were wheeled out in an impressive and comprehensive demolition of the hillbilly dictator. Treasurer Peter Costello would no doubt have learnt a thing or two about Joh’s misdeeds over his 18 years in power after reading all of this, and it's a fair bet he might regret calling him "the outstanding premier of the 20th century" on Insiders, as you can see from the transcript here. Too many of the editorials treated Joh as a well meaning but eccentric figure when he was nothing of the sort. crikey.com.au /articles/2005/04/26-1551-3806.html   (1154 words)

Senator Andrew Bartlett: Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s support for rampant “development” led to the destruction of an enormous amount of Brisbane’s built heritage, but the loss of Cloudland is the one that cut deepest into many hearts. Joh Bjelke-Petersen was Premier of Queensland throughout my childhood and stayed Premier until finally forced out by his own party in late 1987 when I was 23. I can recall the green sticker which came in the newspaper which had Joh for PM on it in white writing – in fact it’s a fair bet that it’s still stuck on the old fridge under my parent’s old house. andrewbartlettonline.blogspot.com /2005/04/joh-bjelke-petersen.html   (2510 words)

ozpolitics.info Ironically, if Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen had been a better student of history and politics he might of told the Fitzgerald Inquiry that the formal doctrine of the separation of powers is not a part of the Westminster system of government. Bjelke Petersen: Well, the separation of the doctrine that you refer to, in relation to where the Government stands, and the rest of the community stands, or where the rest of the instruments of Government stand. Bjelke Petersen: I believe in it very strongly, and despite what you may say, I believe that we do have a great responsibility to the people who elect us to government. www.ozpolitics.info /rules/sep.htm   (2607 words)

Gerard Henderson's SMH Column - # Month Year Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911-2005) might have been just one of many long-serving conservative premiers who made an impact within State borders – along the lines of such Liberals as Robert Askin in New South Wales, Henry Bolte in Victoria, Charles Court in Western Australia and Thomas Playford in South Australia. The aim was to smash the Coalition, at the Federal level, between the Liberal Party and the National Party, junk the Liberal Party and set up a new conservative party which would be headed by Bjelke Petersen. However, it is appropriate to assess Sir Joh’s political legacy on this earth – while leaving judgments of a more personal kind to his God. www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au /030505.htm   (880 words)

Sir Joh's resting place open to public John Bjelke-Petersen, who is running for parliament for the Nationals at the next state election in his father's old seat of Nanango, said: "Dad never was one for great massive monuments, but he was always one for things of significance." As Sir Joh grew frailer in his final years the family was forced to sell some of their properties and open up a bed and breakfast business at Bethany and guided tours of the property for extra income. She said the gravesite, where Sir Joh spent time to ponder and read stories to his grandchildren, was "just quietly one where many of Queensland's most instrumental decisions were made". news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=85491   (510 words)

The Australian: Nats pay tribute to Joh's legacy (archived) Mr Springborg said Sir Joh's death was a sad occasion for Queensland's Nationals and he extended his sympathy to the Bjelke-Petersen family. Sir Joh's family should be proud of the contribution he made in putting Queensland on the map nationally and internally, he said. He said Sir Joh, who was premier from 1968 to 1987, was a unique figure in Australian politics. www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15064646^29277,00.html   (897 words)

The Nationals Queensland In the current debate on the superannuation entitlements of politicians it is worth noting that when Joh was elected to Parliament he spoke out against the scheme as too generous and out of step with the entitlements of other workers. Joh spoke out against poker machines, was outweighed and they came across the border. For Joh it was not a chore, it was a responsibility he enjoyed. www.qld.nationals.org.au /sirjoh.asp   (746 words)

Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches Joh Bjelke-Petersen was a hard-working and driven man and he made those of us who were on the other side of his political fence work even harder, unwittingly steeling and skilling up his political opponents. During the height of the SEQEB dispute Sir Joh, despite his claim to Christian piety, allowed his police to ban the whistling of hymns on picket lines as a provocative political protest. I also supported the decision of 16 of the 18 cabinet ministers and former Premier Wayne Goss to not attend funeral and the decision by several hundred opponents of his regime to peacefully protest Johs policies on that day. www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=1597   (1682 words)

Toowoomba Chronicle KINGAROY: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s family has been granted a request for him to be honoured with a state funeral in his hometown of Kingaroy. Sir Joh’s son John said all members of the family had visited his father and they were being realistic about the future. Sir Joh, who served as Premier for 19 years, was taken from the family property "Bethany", near Kingaroy, to the nearby South Burnett Community Private Hospital about 9am on Monday. www.thechronicle.com.au /storyprint.cfm?storyID=3632260   (329 words)

Sir Joh dies, aged 94. 23/04/2005. ABC News Online As the situation came to a head, Sir Joh tried unsuccessfully to sack five ministers for disloyalty, but instead he was dumped by his party and ultimately resigned as premier on December 1, 1987. Major General Jeffery says Sir Joh's legacy is visible in vibrant regional communities throughout Queensland, in the long-term benefits flowing from Expo 88 and in the many developments he supported. During his 19 years in power, Sir Joh was renowned for his "can-do" attitude towards development, and his uncompromising approach to unionists, protesters and political opponents. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200504/s1352172.htm   (1146 words)

POLITICS - Bolton - November 2002 Joh's apparent lack of eloquence appealed to the average voter and concealed a shrewd approach to the media. Eventually, like the big frog in the small puddle of Aesop's fable, Joh puffed himself up into believing that, at the age of seventy-six, he could become Australia's national leader. Although Premier Peter Beattie was more generous in sharing the limelight with politicians from rival parties than Bjelke-Peterson might have been, there was little emphasis on improving public awareness of the checks and balances desirable in a healthy political system. home.vicnet.net.au /~abr/Nov02/Bolton.htm   (1067 words)

OBITUARY: Tribute to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen - 21 May 2005 Of course, Joh met many famous people when he became Queensland premier; but before all that he was a local identity and parliamentarian from a poor background who pioneered the peanut industry. Joh had two young boys working on his property and brought them along as a bit of a treat. Joh's favourite singer, Kamahl, sang the Lord's Prayer at his funeral and still wears a set of cuff links his old friend once gave him. www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2005may21_o2.html   (1086 words)

Telegraph News Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who died on Saturday aged 94, lived in a leaky cowshed for 15 years before becoming premier of a notoriously corrupt government in Queensland. Described by the Labour prime minister Gough Whitlam as a "Bible-bashing bastard", and by Bob Hawke as "demented", Bjelke-Petersen dreamed of establishing his state as an independent country. The voters threw out the Nationals in favour of Labour, and Sir Joh became the 213th person to be charged. www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2005/04/26/db2602.xml   (1391 words)

The “Hillbilly Dictator" is Dead! : Melbourne Indymedia Joh saw through many other questionable development approvals, many accompanied by considerable political donations (see Quentin Dempster’s article “Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: Corrupt populist”). Brisbane anarchist Brian Laver, spokesperson for the “No State Funeral for Joh Committee” announced at a press conference on Thursday that the group would not conduct a planned protest at Joh’s funeral to be held in Kingaroy on Tuesday May 3. In 2003, Joh and his family tried to lay a claim for $338m damages for the “pain and suffering” they endured during the Fitzgerald Inquiry. melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2005/04/91234.php   (665 words)

Tribute to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Town Hall, Kingaroy - 03 May 2005 Joh was a remarkable political figure — there is certainly no argument about that. It is of course well known in Australian political folklore and history that Joh and I fell out very strongly in 1987 and it would dishonest of me not to mention it. One of the things that has given Australia her distinctive character of independence, is the fact that so many of our pioneers had to rely on their own skill and their hands and their inventiveness in order to survive. www.pm.gov.au /News/Speeches/speech1363.html   (1009 words)

THE BIG CLAMPDOWN: The rise of the New Right - NI 133 - Joh-hammer of socialists Joh Bjelke-Petersen, self-proclaimed hammer of socialists, leader of the National Party and Premier of Queensland, had confounded his critics. The most successful contemporary politician in Australia is the right-wing idiosyncratic Joh Bjelke-Petersen. And he votes for the one politician he admires - Joh Bjelke Petersen, the right-wing National Party Premier of Queensland. www.newint.org /issue133/joh.htm   (1713 words)

Joh Bjelke-Petersen has died at 94 - Pravda.Ru JOH Bjelke-Petersen's heart beats defiantly on, but the battle to define his political legacy has begun over the airwaves, on the internet and in the press. Sir Joh, Queensland premier from 1968 to 1987, was admitted to hospital on Monday and his family, including wife Lady Flo, maintained a bedside vigil over five days. Sir Joh was one of the most colourful but also divisive leaders in Australian political history, publishes the Daily Telegraph. english.pravda.ru /accidents/2005/04/23/59374_.html   (570 words)

Australian DemocratsAustralian Democrat Speeches That is not a personal issue with Joh Bjelke-Petersen, whom I never actually met; I believe it is important because, if we do not express strong views about those negativesbecause they were so extremethen we really run the risk of giving tacit approval to their being repeated. But a persons legacycertainly when he has been Premier, like Joh Bjelke-Petersen wasis wider than just his individual life; it is the legacy his government leaves and, in particular, the legacy it leaves to our system of democracy. In some respects Joh was just more blatant about it and did not bother with the slick veneer of trying to pretend that that sort of favouritism was not happening. www.democrats.org.au /speeches?speech_id=1599   (2715 words)

New Matilda The phrase applies equally well as a description of Queensland media coverage of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's death, where the northern 'chooks' have again fallen under same thrall that allowed the 'hillbilly dictator' to flourish in the first place. The Courier-Mail can be credited at least for being open about its stance in an editorial (July 9, 2004) that castigated 'the more vocal critics of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's political career' for 'mounting a campaign to try to prevent the Government proffering a state funeral when he dies'. Joh preferred disadvantaged citizens to go blind, rather than have the vote. www.newmatilda.com /home/articledetail.asp?ArticleID=609   (1801 words)

ipedia.com: Dannevirke Article The Australian politician, and former Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen was born in Dannevirke. After the native bush was cleared, the land was turned into pasture for grazing animals. www.ipedia.com /dannevirke.html   (234 words)

Good-Bye Joh - Stormfront White Nationalist Community Joh didn't buy the need for many of the social, political and economic reforms that were being promoted in Australia during the 70s, 80s and 90s. Joh was a Christian man and a conservative who did not embrace centralisation, feminism, multiculturalism, republicanism, globalisation, homosexuality, market fundamentalism, privatisation, aboriginal "reconcilation" etc. etc. Joh was a social conservative, a capitalist, but not an economic rationalist. www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=200311   (909 words)

Joh Bjelke-Petersen near death - National - www.smh.com.au Ailing former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen is not expected to survive the night, his doctor says. Sir Joh's wife Lady Flo was called back to the hospital and other family members were maintaining a bedside vigil. Sir Joh, 94, is in South Burnett Community Private Hospital at Kingaroy in south-east Queensland. www.smh.com.au /news/National/Joh-BjelkePetersen-near-death/2005/04/21/1114028481050.html   (182 words)

A Tribute to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen What ever you thought of Joh Bjelke-Petersen and he was many things to many people, one thing is certain, there have been few national figures as influential or controversial. The Joh for PM push crashed and burned and a short time later the seeds of his demise were sewn. In his later years, Sir Joh spent his days at his beloved Kingaroy property ravaged by Parkinson disease, still forever a fighter, campaigning for compensation for the legal battle that forever left a cloud over his reign of the sunshine state. sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/feature_stories/article_1769.asp?s=1   (658 words)

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