30% wage rise to politicians

[tech/a]

Un believable

I've cut 4 staff
The others are on 4 day weeks
I'm working 6 days and paying myself the same as my staff.

These guys give themselves 30% through an independent committee
Who are of course paid by the Govt.

Public servants can't get 3%
Do you think Qantus staff will get 30%??

Stinks these buffoons are a joke!

 

[robz7777]

Not bad considering they spend less time working than uni students spend at uni..

They have certainly lost touch with reality trying to get this through without anyone noticing now. People are getting sick and tired of the government gravy train and supporting all the idiots aboard who provide nothing in terms of forward thinking and planning for the future!

 

[namrog]

Completely unjustified.

I bet there won't be much opposition to that .....!!!

 

[Bill M]

Un believable

I've cut 4 staff
The others are on 4 day weeks
I'm working 6 days and paying myself the same as my staff.

These guys give themselves 30% through an independent committee
Who are of course paid by the Govt.

Public servants can't get 3%
Do you think Qantus staff will get 30%??

Stinks these buffoons are a joke!

100% agree, low life useless bastards, should be like everyone else.

 

[prawn_86]

I'm not so much against a pay rise, i'm against all the perks they still get to keep. They make a song and dance about axing a couple perks but they still get a full pension when they 'retire'

 

[sptrawler]

Absolute disgrace, well Julia has sorted how she copes with the increased cost of living they have brought about.
She can't understand what people are complaining about. I can hear her now.
"Timmy how much does that put my indexed pension up, this is a dodle".

All she has to do now is keep everyone elses pay rise below 3%, can't have inflation short changing her can we. LOL LOL LOL.

Priceless just priceless.

 

[Knobby22]

This is the perfect chance for Tony Abbott to say he will repeal this when he gets in to power. With his record is should be easy to do. Can't wait to see his response. LOL

 

[Boggo]

Julia Gillard was visiting a Sydney primary school and the class was in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked Ms Gillard if she would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'.

So our illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy'. A little boy stood up and offered "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playin' in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a tragedy". "Incorrect" said Gillard. "That would be an accident".

A little girl raised her hand "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everybody inside, that would be a tragedy". 'I'm afraid not' explained Gillard "that's what we would refer to as a great loss".

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Gillard searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand and said "If a plane carrying you and Mr Rudd and Mr Swan and Mr Garrett was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy".

"Fantastic" exclaimed Gillard "and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?" "Well" said Johnny "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be a **cking accident either!"

 

[Knobby22]

Hey, that was a reworked George Bush joke!

 

[Boggo]

Hey, that was a reworked George Bush joke!

I figure that because Julia now gets paid more than the US president she can also have the jokes (in addition to those that surround her)

 

[tech/a]

100% agree, low life useless bastards, should be like everyone else.

We are!!!!
Low Life useless Bastards!

 

[Aussiejeff]

Un believable

I've cut 4 staff
The others are on 4 day weeks
I'm working 6 days and paying myself the same as my staff.

These guys give themselves 30% through an independent committee
Who are of course paid by the Govt.

Public servants can't get 3%
Do you think Qantus staff will get 30%??

Stinks these buffoons are a joke!

This is the Austerity we had to have.....

As some wag on another forum suggested, perhaps the Guillotine should be re-introduced. It may serve some purpose? But who would man it? (5 million hands shoot up... )

 

[barney]

:shoot::horse::rippergun

 

[Logique]

http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/9.html
(The Complete Works of George Orwell - Animal Farm, Ch 10)

"For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters. It did not seem strange to learn that the pigs had bought themselves a wireless set, were arranging to install a telephone, and had taken out subscriptions to John Bull, TitBits, and the Daily Mirror.

It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth-no, not even when the pigs took Mr. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings, while his favourite sow appeared in the watered silk dress which Mrs. Jones had been used to wear on Sundays.."

 

[Suers]

I dont know why my post was removed...

Whoever nuked it should actually read the content.

and again

Julia Gillard had criminal allegations made against her in 1995 when she was accused of helping her boyfriend steal over $1,000,000 from the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and helping him spend the money on such things as her personal home renovations and dresses.

On topic, not spam, dont censor the members :aus:

 

[Julia]

I dont know why my post was removed...

Whoever nuked it should actually read the content.

and again
On topic, not spam, dont censor the members :aus:

As I recall recent rehashing of this, there were allegations only.
If you can demonstrate that charges were ever made, then please provide a link to this.

Anyone can make allegations about anything.

I detest Ms Gillard and her policies but also detest the furthering of political malice for its own sake.

There has been some suggestion that this 30% pay rise will be accompanied by the axing of the Gold Pass for travel by retired politicians. If that were to happen, the principle would be more fair, especially if some of the gold plated pensions were also trimmed. However, I won't be holding my breath for any such offsets to this.

30%!! ****** unbelievable.

Meanwhile

Business Breaking News
Australia lowest among OECD disability rankings

* From: AAP
* November 30, 2011 9:21AM


ALMOST half of people with a disability in Australia are living in or near poverty, making Australia the worst in the developed world, a new report says.

The report by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), published today, also found that Australians with a disability were half as likely to be employed as people without a disability.

Australia is ranked 21st out of 29 developed nations in this category.

The report, Disability Expectations: Investing in a better life, a stronger Australia, found that 45 per cent of people with a disability in Australia live in or near poverty, the worst out of OECD countries, where the average is 22 per cent.

 

[Smurf1976]

Un believable

I've cut 4 staff
The others are on 4 day weeks
I'm working 6 days and paying myself the same as my staff.

These guys give themselves 30% through an independent committee
Who are of course paid by the Govt.

Public servants can't get 3%
Do you think Qantus staff will get 30%??

Stinks these buffoons are a joke!

I keep hearing these statistics that unemployment is 4. something percent and yet everywhere I look there's bad news about the economy and that includes everything from the state of government finances to your business which, if I recall correctly, is related to civil construction in Adelaide.

Something doesn't add up here - and I trust what I'm seeing with my own eyes ahead of these statistics about which I am increasingly suspicious.

As for the pay rise, the only way any normal person gets 30% in one go is if they (1) were seriously underpaid previously and this is now being corrected (2) change careers or (3) work longer hours. Nobody in the real world gets a 30% rise to keep doing the same job which was already quite well paid to start with.

 

[prawn_86]

As for the pay rise, the only way any normal person gets 30% in one go is if they (1) were seriously underpaid previously and this is now being corrected (2) change careers or (3) work longer hours. Nobody in the real world gets a 30% rise to keep doing the same job which was already quite well paid to start with.

It is very rare but i was lucky enough to get a 28% payrise last year when i was already on >50k. It does mean i wont be getting another major one for a while though.

If only we could just all vote for our own raises hey?

 

[joea]

Hi.
Well I just certainly do not understand you people who post.
We have our politicians doing a great job of running our country.
I have have heard many, many times how the nations around the world are just plain envious of our country's economics. I have heard many, many times how our treasurer has made exactly the correct decisions to save our country from an economic slump.

So shame on you people who would deny them a itty, bitty pay rise.

No doubt there will be a new tax out in the new year, to cover it.

Or will Hockey, Robb and Abbott be able to find the savings to cover it, in their budget, when(and if) they are elected.

joea
lol...lol....lol...lol
I just love politics.!!!!!!!!! must be the wine??

 

[LifeChoices]

Un believable

I've cut 4 staff
The others are on 4 day weeks
I'm working 6 days and paying myself the same as my staff.

These guys give themselves 30% through an independent committee
Who are of course paid by the Govt.

Public servants can't get 3%
Do you think Qantus staff will get 30%??

Stinks these buffoons are a joke!

I confess I haven't read the entire thread, but this came up in discussion today at work, and it was an overwhelming consensus from about 15 staff who earn between $30 - 70k that our politicians deserve to get this increase.

Personally, $400K sounds fine for a prime minister of our country.