Luke Grant speaks to Peter Gleeson, the Sky News Queensland Editor and Newscorp columnist, who says Queensland needs a fresh referendum on re-establishing an Upper House following the integrity scandals, public service dysfunction, union extortion and secret private emails.

On Wednesday, the state marks the 100th anniversary of the day the Labor Party abolished Queensland’s Upper House, and it was T.J. Ryan and “Red Ted’’ Theodore that pulled it off. They ignored a referendum which soundly rejected the plan, and had two ill-fated goes before duping the Governor into stacking the Upper House with Labor MPs, who then committed political suicide by voting themselves out of office.

Mr Gleeson says the Upper House is where checks and balances are designed to keep the government of the day honest and accountable.  Unfortunately for Queensland, those two words “honest and accountable’’ are not part of the current Labor Government’s vocabulary.

Luke Grant speaks to Peter Gleeson, the Sky News Queensland Editor and Newscorp columnist, who says Queensland needs a fresh referendum on re-establishing an Upper House following the integrity scandals, public service dysfunction, union extortion and secret private emails.
On Wednesday, the state marks the 100th anniversary of the day the Labor Party abolished Queensland&rsquo;s Upper House, and it was T.J. Ryan and &ldquo;Red Ted&rsquo;&rsquo; Theodore that pulled it off. They ignored a referendum which soundly rejected the plan, and had two ill-fated goes before duping the Governor into stacking the Upper House with Labor MPs, who then committed political suicide by voting themselves out of office.
Mr Gleeson says the Upper House is where checks and balances are designed to keep the government of the day honest and accountable. &nbsp;Unfortunately for Queensland, those two words &ldquo;honest and accountable&rsquo;&rsquo; are not part of the current Labor Government&rsquo;s vocabulary.

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