The public servant goes home to his wife and kids,
He’s lost his job in spite of his bids.
The whole family will have to adapt,
Now their holiday and Christmas plans will be scrapped.
No place for him in Can Do’s Queensland.
The gay couple have only each other,
They’ve been ostracised from everyone there isn’t another.
Now their health rights have been recanted,
Those basic rights they took for granted.
No place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
The working-class youth just wants to get ahead,
But he’ll have to settle for nothing instead.
He voted Liberal to be a top dog,
Only to find that in the arteries of the state he’s just a clog.
No place for him in Can Do’s Queensland.
The Queensland Health staff remain distressed,
Since bringing down the Bligh government in a vote of protest.
Their pay may be fixed but their jobs aren’t safe,
It was like cutting their nose to spite their face.
No place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
The aspiring author longs to have a voice,
So much is happening beyond her choice.
She yearns to be able to write from the heart,
But the government has done the unthinkable and put a price on art.
No place for her in Can Do’s Queensland.
The Together Unionists are so dismayed,
Having helped Newman defeat Bligh and then being betrayed.
They were told that their rights at work would be upheld,
Though that was just a political tactic to keep them quelled.
No Place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
The cancer patient feels schemed,
After voting to have the previous government creamed.
The services that she depended on are cut by the Treasurer’s knife,
As she reaches the twilight years of her life.
No place for her in Can Do’s Queensland.
The progressive students at the University of Queensland are keen to take a stand,
They’re tired of their conservative student union which preaches the gospel of Ayn Rand.
But the wannabe politicians at the union are too snide,
To declare free and fair elections and swallow their pride.
No place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
The Labor ex-politician has been given a fresh start,
He has the competitive qualifications that set him apart.
Towards a high-paying job in the private sector he does embark,
But with the resurgence of LNP cronyism his CV has been given a black mark.
No place for him in Can Do’s Queensland.
The impartial media is also falling victim,
This new government doesn’t approve of their dictum.
Their job is to have any wrongdoing exposed,
But how can they carry on when the doors of parliament house have been closed?
No place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
For the cutthroat executive things have never been better,
Gone are the dark days of Labor and their industrial fetter.
He says, “These new IR laws are a real treasure,
“Thanks to them I can hire and fire at my leisure.”
All is swell until his company decides to cut costs and then thwack!
Looks like they’re giving him the sack.
Then he realises that there’s no place for him either in Can Do’s Queensland.
The Opposition in Queensland has been comprehensively beheaded.
The future of their party is far worse than they dreaded.
The electorate thought that Newman offered them a better deal,
Despite all the Labor government’s zeal.
No place for them in Can Do’s Queensland.
From time to time the question is asked,
Just what happened to this once great state whose potential was so vast?
We let our esteemed values of egalitarianism and meritocracy subside,
For the Newman juggernaut by the interests of the mining corporations he does abide.
Today you might think the oppression is limited to some Marxist or queer,
But tomorrow it could be you and there will be no one left to interfere.
Is there a future for us in Can Do’s Queensland?
