Former CEO of Local Government Assn claims to be an "EXPERT" on regional Issues

The following are words from Greg Hallam in response to the tragic police shooting:

"Ambush shines a light on state's secret fringe-dwellers - the 'blockies'"

This is not simply a Western Downs problem, with parts of southeast Queensland having their own challenges. This is a whole of state problem.

We are destined to have more social dislocation, under-privilege – and tragedy – if all future dwellings in these fringe communities are not stopped in their tracks.

Hopefully, this horrible tragedy will raise the circumstances of these communities for all Queenslanders to see, and cause the State Government to retrospectively remove the right to build on historical subdivisions.

We need a Statewide Task Force to tackle this challenge, and fast.

Greg Hallam is a former CEO of the Local Government Association of Queensland and is an expert on Queensland’s remote communities. He writes occasionally for InQueensland about regional issues.

Response by David McLintock:

Above is part of Mr Greg Hallam's comments in an article published in INQUEENSLAND ( https://inqld.com.au/insights/2022/12/14/police-shooting-tragedy-has-exposed-states-secret-fringe-dwellers-the-blockies/)

Why does this “one off” tragedy mean that everyone who wants to live a quiet life away from the cities, the smog, the 5G and the chemicals mean that they are all conspiracy theorist and a danger to anyone?

Is Mr Hallam really an expert in anything, especially remote communities?  It would seem he has little knowledge about what is truly worrying remote Queensland families which begs the question as to what his and his cronies real agenda is in publishing this nonsense and insulting the  intelligence of Queensland people.

What's wrong with parents wanting to shield their children from their “smart cities” and toxic EMF waves and city pollution and their new digital world?

One crazy does not make everyone guilty. My experience with anyone wanting to live a healthy life is that they would give you the shirt of their backs and help you in any way they can. They are genuine Australian citizens who simply want to turn back time a little to when life had some freedoms and you aren't exposed to a toxic environment 24/7.

Mr Hallam it seems is deliberately pushing an agenda to control anyone who doesn't want to be part of his “smart city” ideology and who cares about his family's health enough to make a physical change for the better.

Why shouldn't they be able to live away from this “Great Reset” and be part of nature in our wonderful Queensland outback countryside?

These people who committed this heinous crime against our young police officers no doubt had no respect for the lives of others. Gun laws do nothing to take the firearms out of the hands of criminals and any further changes to our gun laws will once again just take them further away from law abiding citizens who have nothing but respect for the lives of their fellow man, including our police officers.