Premier Palaszczuk went to London for University Scholarship - what if she had been an Absentee back then?

Imagine, you are awarded a scholarship to study abroad in a university to enhance your career prospects. An opportunity like this was given to Premier Palaszczuk at the University of London. She took up the offer.

This was before she came into power. But I wonder - did she own a property then in Queensland? If so she would be an 'Absentee' by today's standards.

But of course there was no Absentee Surcharge and accompanying hiked Land Tax to hinder her decision. Most likely if she owned a property that fell within the absentee category then she would have foregone the offer due to massive costs and she could quite possibly not ended up as a Premier. But opportunities like that were afforded to all Queenslanders and QLD property owners back then. There was no disadvantage. She, like other non-Queensland property owners today could and can take up those sort of life changing offers.

Queensland property owners subject to the absentee rules cannot.

Palaszczuk, I wonder? Have you forgotten your past and how that scholarship helped you to get to where you are now? Do you want your Queensland voters to not have the same opportunities made available without punitive taxes to prevent them leaving the country?

I am also including not just scholarships but many other reasons why Queenslanders and Australians go abroad for parts of their lives. If it was okay for you then why not for us Palaszczuk? Do we not count as anything at all? Are we just your property to control like a dictator? Because that is what it feels like.

DOUBLE STANDARDS.

(UPDATED 21 MARCH 2019 - story submitted on Medium website.  Link below)

Queensland Premier Palaszczuk was an absentee before legislation changed