Tony Fitzgerald reminded Queenslanders that the Preamble to the Constitution of Queensland 2001 recognises the fundamental premises of parliamentary democracy, ‘namely that power is vested in the people who, in oaccordance with a “system of representative and responsible government”, elect representatives to exercise power on their behalf and in their interest’. …
‘If Queenslanders want a free, fair, tolerant society, good governance and honest public administration, a sufficient number of voters must make it clear that they will decline to vote for any party which does not first satisfy them that it will exercise power only for the public benefit.’