Annastacia Palaszczuk is a very smart parliamentarian. Her politics is subtle which contrasts with the abrasive approach of Queensland premiers past. So much so her opponents & the media often mistakenly believe she is both inactive & ineffective.
She’s had the benefit of witnessing the mistakes of Bligh and Newman and those of Prime Ministers Gillard & Rudd.
Where Campbell Newman would brazenly blame Labor for the problems facing the state, it is now rare in Queensland that we see Annastacia going before the media to blame any of her predecessors.
Leading a minority Queensland government, she knows irritating miners as Rudd did with the mining tax & Gillard with carbon pricing will only give ammunition to the opposition.
The Adani Carmichael coal mine must show it is fiscally viable on its own terms. To date, it hasn't done this.
Adani has been boasting about the venture since 2010. Where Newman was prepared to give it taxpayer money, Annastacia has ruled this out.
Annastacia is making a political bet that Adani won't come through. In the meantime, she's building up an alternative renewable energy industry in Queensland.
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