He was a man of "his time" only, lets face it he was born in 1912, things were much different when he was running QLD and to start applying modern day "tree hugging, yuppie, trendy lefty" judgements on him is inappropriate. Like him or not, Queensland made great strides under his leadership, not always strictly legal or ethical compared to more recent standards, but the job was done. Certainly a lot of journalists, comedians and cartoonists made a career from Joe.
