tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post5424816838661853558..comments2023-08-04T01:53:37.373+10:00Comments on Evacuation Grounds: “Duchessing” of Industry Organisations?Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16952473688008286364noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-9113957982169497712012-12-20T21:27:25.392+10:002012-12-20T21:27:25.392+10:00I believe that Federally it was Bob Hawk when PM w...I believe that Federally it was Bob Hawk when PM who developed it into a fine art with the very big end of town as Al has discribed it above.<br />In Qld state politics it was the Beatie Labor government who duchessed state rural industry groups especially Agforce & paid them to run "education programs" to have farmers come to terms with legislative changes that discriminated dramatically against them. <br />With the election of the LNP & the need for fiscial restrain in the face of a basket case economy these funds have been stopped.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937219469312905632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708428768586378687.post-35674776443486330592012-12-20T14:14:45.141+10:002012-12-20T14:14:45.141+10:00Fauvel has been a very long term literary anti-her...Fauvel has been a very long term literary anti-hero of mine, dating back to 3rd or maybe 4th year French, nearly 60 years ago. So great to see him getting an outing here, Greg :-)<br /><br />As far as Duchessing is concerned, Labor decided it was an art form worth 'currying' many years ago. That's when (very) Big Business, or those parts of same dependent on understanding what government was on about, and where it was heading, were suddenly elevated to 'Best Friend" status, just behind Big Unions. Branching off from there into "Picking Winners" and "Jobs for the Boys" just followed along, quite naturally.<br />Cheers alalan mikkelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525311338438554687noreply@blogger.com