Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided o | dG1fajY2SUdPbEpLT0E
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00:00And we're meeting the man who's the longest-serving and certainly the most controversial premier
00:05this country has ever known.
00:06It's almost impossible to believe that all of this happened.
00:11Bjelke-Peterson was a red-backed spider in the underpants of society.
00:15In which way?
00:16Systemic corruption.
00:17Joe was not corrupt.
00:19He destroyed so much.
00:20There is the evidence he was an innocent man.
00:23Super hero.
00:23I'm coming to that, but I want to say this.
00:25You take on Joe Bjelke-Peterson and you've got a fight on your hands.
00:31How did this quiet country bumpkin become the premier of Queensland?
00:35He didn't play by the rules.
00:36It was an authoritarian regime.
00:39And he was like a god.
00:41Looking back, Joe wrote the playbook for Trump.
00:44I saw catastrophe coming.
00:46They wrecked everything that they could lay hands on.
00:49And no matter how many times you voted against him, he came back.
00:53But when you've rigged the electorates, what does election mean?
00:58We had to do something about it.
01:01Go downtown, just beware.
01:04Big city, demonstration in the square.
01:07Queensland was turned into a police state.
01:10It was law and order.
01:11He thought he was the king of Queensland.
01:14We knew how corrupt this government was.
01:17Load of rubbish.
01:18He wasn't going to give up the premiership.
01:20You've got another thing coming.
01:21Sir Joe refuses to resign.
01:23It was extraordinary.
01:25The minister for options were...
01:27We'll never see another one of him, I don't think.
01:28Big city, peace of the action in race, eh?
01:31We'll never see another one of him, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll never see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll see another one of them, we'll