http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/david-fagan/ David Fagan is editor of The Courier-Mail, the main source of news and information in Queensland. He gets crankier each day at the failure of governments of all flavours to deliver meaningfully on anything they promise - whether it’s building a barbecue, a submarine or reshaping the health system. This is most exemplified by drugs policy which is destroying individuals and corrupting institutions. The Courier-Mail has been reporting heavily in recent months on the issue of amphetamines abuse, the harm it does and attempting to identify some solutions. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abolish-queensland-...-the-government-that-is/ WOULD Queenslanders ever agree to their state being abolished? No way, you might say, particularly in the season that the state is in the box seat to seal its fourth consecutive series win in state of origin football. Well, think again. A Galaxy poll in The Courier-Mail today shows two-thirds of Queenslanders think they’re being over governed. And more than half of those think the state should be first to go, followed by local councils and, finally, Canberra. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen would be spinning in his grave. feedback@thepunch.com.au (David Fagan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abolish-queensland-...-the-government-that-is/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abolish-queensland-...-the-government-that-is/#item430 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:50:22 +0000 David Fagan | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/one-simple-way-to-take-ecstasy-pills-off-the-street/ Australians are the biggest per capita users of ecstasy in the world, a statistic no one in their right mind can believe is one to be proud of. Politicians routinely hatch solutions to the growing degradation of our collective intellect caused by the misuse of amphetamines but they routinely ignore a simple solution to the problem. That solution will again be put to the nation’s police ministers and the new Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor when they meet in Perth tomorrow. It involves the very simple step of regulating the import of presses used to make ecstasy tablets. feedback@thepunch.com.au (David Fagan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/one-simple-way-to-take-ecstasy-pills-off-the-street/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/one-simple-way-to-take-ecstasy-pills-off-the-street/#item372 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:54:13 +0000 David Fagan | Author bios | The Punch