guilty until proven innocent

"This company in my view has failed to act appropriately and we are looking at every possible course of action against them. The people of Kingaroy can certainly be certain that this company will be required to meet the highest standards and if there's any action that we can take against them - and there are very stiff fines available - we will be taking that action."

Allegedly a statement from ......... right, you've guessed it!

I'd say that the late lamented Joh B-P was more on the ball though - he once (allegedly) stated that "the trouble is that Queenland gets branded as being a part of Australia"

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