Fer Christ sake - its time for revolution

Not only do we have some of the world’s most incompetent government in Australia - but they also have no shame and happily announce their stupidity to the world via press release - which then dutifully gets reprinted word for word in Rupert’s version of the news. It’s just hilarious.

What it really says of course is that these incompetent state governments are so convinced that Australians have turned off politics that they will say and do anything - knowing that even if it finds it’s way into the public domain that no-one will react - because apparently we Australians don’t care about truth and facts and governance and accountability.

Well I am here to tell it differently.

There are a couple of items today demonstrating that at least two of our state governments need a dose of reality - preferably administered via enema and hopefully with a double dose.

Item 1 - In NSW we have the Health Minister (John Della Bosca) resigning because he was found out to be having an affair with a 26 year old - my immediate reaction is good on him - and then I remember that he was supposed to be looking after the public health system - oops. I guess he has plenty of time for these frolics now that he has NSW Health humming along like a well oiled machine - not.

Item 2 - And in SA we have the Acting Premier (Kevin Foley - but some of us know him as ...sorry can't be said here) announcing how the state has been screwed royally by a water contractor and is now going to sue them for millions. Now this announcement really is stupidity at it's best.

The simple reality is that the South Australian government couldn’t get out of it’s own way in time to manage either water policy or water operations.

A previous government - populated by those intellectual giants from the Liberal party - decided in their wisdom to sign a long term contract with United Water - hoping that magically this would offload the water problems that permeate the state and that they could then float around like fairies - without a care in the world - doing what conservative politicians do best - SFA.

And since that time there has been crisis upon crisis with water but the locals have been reassured that the state has everything under control because they have United Water and SA Water looking after things - thank goodness for that.

Now of course the state Labor Government is hoping to cruise back into power next year by pointing the bone at those Liberals who signed the deal and accusing them of incompetence.

Never mind that Labor have had nearly 8 years to understand the problem and do something about it.

Especially since they have brought two previous Liberal Premiers (John Olsen and Dean Brown) into the "old boys club" gravy train as high priced advisers on how best to run the state and the water system and god knows what else.

So if two ex Premiers, a current Premier and an Acting Premier have no idea about managing the state water system and resources - then what hope is there?

Fer Christ sake - its time for revolution.