Sir Joh and Lady Flo

[davidc4430]

Sir Joh and Lady Flo: Why Queensland's former first couple still stir such strong emotions

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/flo-bjelke-petersen-death-sparks-awkward-memories-for-queensla...

He was a criminal who should have been put in prison.

she lived off criminal profits.

if my brother stole money and i took some to buy a car i'd get done as recieving stolen money.

the whole act they had of looking like a couple of doderers was a cover for a pair of master criminals.

[johcaschro]

RIP Flo Bjelke-Petersen – but let's not forget Joh's legacy

The qualities of the wife of Queensland’s longest-serving premier were eclipsed by the divisive, corrupt politics of her husband’s government

"To many in Queensland, she was just Lady Flo. A long-serving Nationals senator, party powerbroker and widow to the state’s longest-serving leader, Florence Bjelke-Petersen was as famous for her pumpkin scones and hospitality at the family’s Bethany homestead in Kingaroy.

But it was her marriage to Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the sunshine state’s most divisive leader – who oversaw what became known as one of the most corrupt governments in the country’s history – that made Lady Bjelke-Petersen part of the fabric of Queensland.

Amid the many tributes from across the political divide pouring in on Wednesday after her death aged 97, came a tweet from the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who praised not only Flo but Joh himself, thanking the pair for their “vision and leadership”, which helped shaped Queensland."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/21/rip-flo-bjelke-petersen-but-lets-not-forget-j...

Either Malcolm Turnbull has a short memory or he really believes that Joh and Flo were good for Qld

 Sure Joh "helped shape Queensland", but in a way which will forever live in infamy.

[serendipityricho]

Ddont ddont you worry about that..........

[not_for_sale2024]

David, I think you are basically right about Joh, but I don't think Flo is guilty of anything other than standing by her man. I was around when he controlled a police State and it was terrible. But she was a decent lady who performed her duty admirably and professionally. I don't think she deserves to be remembered solely as his wife. She achieved a lot as an individual and I am convinced that she was a good woman with a genuinely good heart. But that is just my opinion.

[johcaschro]

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing

Or in this case, women?

Let's face it, she was a right-wing politician and the wife of a right wing politician who might make Ghengis Khan look like a leftie.

If you lived in Qld during Joh's reign then you'd know just what he/they really stood for and what they supported and what, by their political leanings and their considerable political power, they enabled.

[not_for_sale2024]

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@johcaschro wrote:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men stand by and do nothing

Or in this case, women?

Let's face it, she was a right-wing politician and the wife of a right wing politician who might make Ghengis Khan look like a leftie.

If you lived in Qld during Joh's reign then you'd know just what he/they really stood for and what they supported and what, by their political leanings and their considerable political power, they enabled.

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Heavy words, "evil", "Ghengis Khan". Thank goodness most Queenslanders I know who were there have chosen to judge her by her achievements and failings, rather than his. She would like that, given that she was such a trailblazing feminist and believed women could achieve in their own right. Maybe it's a Queenslander thing hey, we are a bit backwards you know!

[lionrose.7]

Joh was born in the same place I was in New Zealand LOL