Rob Messenger - Welcome

My professional life has taken an exciting new twist in 2012. After 8 years, the people of the Burnett have decided to elect a new politician to represent them in our state parliament. I wish the new LNP member the very best of luck and success. For 8 years being Member for Burnett was the best job in the world. I humbly thank those who supported me and those who made contact and asked for help.

I’d especially like to thank my very talented and dedicated staff, Broni Stewart, Mel Bradford and my beautiful wife Fern. They were responsible for the good that came from my office. I take responsibility for the mistakes. I haven’t given up trying to fight the good fight. In my writing, broadcasting, consultancy and whistleblower advocacy I hope to make our community, state and country a better place.

One of my current major projects is to provide support and assistance to Jo Barber. Jo was a former QLD police CIB officer, senior health investigator for the QLD medical board and Health ethical standards officer who approached me for help a week before the May 24th election day.

She is also the most important health whistleblower ever, to come forward to tell of the intractable, and endemic, dysfunction, corruption, cover up and criminal activity in QLD’s very sick health system. My last act as a Member of Parliament has been to take Jo’s story, documents and reports to the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee for investigation and action.

We’ve chosen the PCMC over the Crime and Misconduct Commission because we have evidence that suggests the CMC have failed to pass on to the medical board, vital whistle blowing information relating to the health and safety of thousands of QLDers.

Even their own letter to Jo on the 20.4.12 admits, "… given your assertion that you have never seen the said material, we have not been able to confirm what specific pieces of information were relayed to the Medical Board…”

Given the substantial and specific danger to the safety and health of tens of thousands of QLDers over a decade, Jo and I believe that the QLD CMC’s actions need to be independently investigated. I invite you to support our call for a Royal Commission into QLD Health and the CMC.