ON FEBRUARY 26, The Capital Post sat down to interview NSW Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan. While a set of questions had been prepared for the interview, the senator’s idiosyncratic style combined with his rambling informal manner led the interview off in unexpected directions.
Presented below is an edited extract of PART 1 of an interview with one of Australia’s last characters on The Hill. Senator Heffernan is the antithesis of the standard fair whitebread politician.
Below this ruddy straight talking paradox with a brain like a furnace bellows about issues that range from using Sydney’s old train tunnels to harvest storm water, to developing Queensland’s north for future growth.
The interview transcript touches on the topics of conversation that grew organically from a couple of questions.
Filed under: Feature interview, population growth, water
