issuevoter wrote on Aug 28
th, 2023 at 10:15pm:
Even with my low opinion of the Labor Party, it will be like drawing teeth to get me to vote LNP in Queensland. I remember Jo and Russ.
Joe who we in the farming community knew quite well
Was an inspiration
I have never heard of nor seen a guy with such a work ethic who was so humble
Joe's neighbours will tell you that he was often out till midnight driving his machinery
With spotlights attached
Clearing scrub in bulldozers
The guy was the exact opposite of the Urban intellectual elite
If you looked up down-to-earth and hard work in the dictionary
There would be a picture of Joe
He had no time for bludgers
I remember some Aborigines did a corroboree outside Parliament house
And ended it by cutting their chest and spilling Blood on the footpath
Joe was quick to comment that he would be much more moved
If they were to spill some sweat on the footpath
Terribly missed but not forgotten
Along with John Howard
Two of the finest people
2 of the most humble people
2 of the most decent people
To ever serve our nation