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The fumes of alcohol wafting from this book threaten to overpower the story. In corrupt Bjelke-Petersen’s Queensland, there was no such thing as “last drinks” – somebody was always open to those in the know. And those in the know each knocked back three bottles of wine – three each – at a sitting (and while sliding to the floor). Why was Queensland corrupt?
‘The worship of ignorance. It’s an excuse, that’s all it is. It’s the excuse of rednecks and backwaters and corrupt governments the world ...more
The fumes of alcohol wafting from this book threaten to overpower the story. In corrupt Bjelke-Petersen’s Queensland, there was no such thing as “last drinks” – somebody was always open to those in the know. And those in the know each knocked back three bottles of wine – three each – at a sitting (and while sliding to the floor). Why was Queensland corrupt?
‘The worship of ignorance. It’s an excuse, that’s all it is. It’s the excuse of rednecks and backwaters and corrupt governments the world ...more
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