Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie says Daniel Andrews must be prepared to accept full responsibility and not 'buck pass' to cabinet colleagues or public servants if he is to be forgiven by voters for the state's coronavirus disaster
"The public will support, and forgive if necessary, a premier who acts honestly, transparently and in good faith," he toldMr Beattie's Labor governments won four terms in the sunshine state and he made anguished apologies into a political art during his time over issues such as Queensland’s rising electricity prices, health debacles and child abuse in institutions.
While Mr Beattie would not be drawn directly on Mr Andrews's performance, he said he had several golden rules for handling a crisis."Release all the details to the public. Hide nothing as the full facts will come out anyway at some point."they are growing increasingly frustrated that they are being told not to admit their party made mistakes or to criticise state counterparts publicly if asked during media appearances.
MPs are also directed to say "premiers are accountable to their own states" and "should act on their own state chief health officer's advice". Federal Victorians in both the Right and Left factions have expressed concerns internally that they will face voters long before their state colleagues go to the polls in November 2022 and could cop their wrath."I am being inundated by emails and phone calls complaining about Daniel and the lockdown, I look like an absolute goose when I am forced to defend it publicly," one MP said, on the condition of anonymity.
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