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According to Joe Hokey, the Coalition's spending is $25.7bn and their savings are $28.5bn.
Are they including the savings from the non-application of the resources tax in this?According to Joe Hokey, the Coalition's spending is $25.7bn and their savings are $28.5bn.
The quote was on today's debate with Wayne Swan but Joe did not go into further detail.Are they including the savings from the non-application of the resources tax in this?
The quote was on today's debate with Wayne Swan but Joe did not go into further detail.
The savings I added up from the Liberal's web site last night was $28.9bn. This excluded savings from the RRT but included transfers of funds from Labor's programs to the Coalition's and the $6.1bn business tax to fund their maternity scheme.
WA has a Liberal State Government,8 complaints in the state!
According to a 2006 report from the IPA, the Bracks Labor government dictated that while Commonwealth Games village was a series of houses the contractor had to use ‘union-friendly’ work practices, similar to those used on high-rise building developments. And because this was an unusual instruction the contract reflected some of the cost differences.
Hey presto! What do you find? The IPA says the ‘union-friendly’ contracts boosted the cost of the Commonwealth Games village by between 25 and 34 per cent, almost exactly the figure that we are seeing around the country in education buildings.
In the Building Education Revolution the Labor state governments in every state, except WA, appear to have instructed the state schools to use some of the ‘union-friendly’ rules rather than the efficient system we use for home buildings. The Catholic schools used the efficient system.
Meanwhile in WA – the only state where there isn’t a Labor government – the public education sector in fact bettered the Catholic system because the public servants were allowed to use their bulk-buying power and standardised designs etc.
According to a 2006 report from the IPA, the Bracks Labor government dictated that while Commonwealth Games village was a series of houses the contractor had to use ‘union-friendly’ work practices, similar to those used on high-rise building developments. And because this was an unusual instruction the contract reflected some of the cost differences.
Hey presto! What do you find? The IPA says the ‘union-friendly’ contracts boosted the cost of the Commonwealth Games village by between 25 and 34 per cent, almost exactly the figure that we are seeing around the country in education buildings.
In the Building Education Revolution the Labor state governments in every state, except WA, appear to have instructed the state schools to use some of the ‘union-friendly’ rules rather than the efficient system we use for home buildings. The Catholic schools used the efficient system.
Meanwhile in WA – the only state where there isn’t a Labor government – the public education sector in fact bettered the Catholic system because the public servants were allowed to use their bulk-buying power and standardised designs etc.
Not sure where 25 to 34% is coming from as the inquiry has revealed blowouts of 5-6%, this being the preliminary inquiry of course.
But the cost doubling is not isolated to prefabricated buildings. The estimates document shows the price the department expects to pay for most school buildings is roughly double what comparable buildings cost to deliver.
The Catholic Holy Trinity Primary School in Wagga Wagga, in regional NSW, has just completed building a brick 240sq m commercial-quality tuckshop for $600,000. The canteen includes a commercial kitchen with stainless-steel benchtops, a separate cold room and a toilet block.
Tottenham Central School, near Dubbo in central NSW, is receiving a 25sq m tuckshop for $594,000. That canteen is not even big enough to fit a full-sized fridge or a meat slicer. According to NSW government records, the Tottenham school is one of 19 schools receiving the tiny canteens. Government audits have found no problems with the price.
Also I haven't seen 1 school project in Vic to what would be considered "union friendly"
Last night on Q&A the "REAL" Julia was on display. She worked the crowd over like a snake oil saleswoman. The crowd was eating out of her hand all night. Well done Julia ! The Mark Latham question was deflated before it began to burst like an angry boil. She appeared relaxed and in control of her candid remarks that kept the audience enthralled. It was a pity it was a solo appearance and there were no "REAL" curly questions that would have asked about policies and the future of the nation. More like a social chit chat at the Country Womens Association. More pie?
To me the GST should not be raised but rather expanded to cover all goods and services.
Getting rid of the minor taxes as suggested by Terry McCrann does at face value make sense.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/..._look_at_past_extremism_lets_look_at_gillards
I’m just dying for someone to track down the former Catherine Emerson and ask if she will be voting for Gillard.
Ms Emerson is the ex wife of small business minister Craig Emerson and the mother of his three children. She apparently learned that Julia and Craig were an item when hubby said he wanted a divorce and would be moving in with the future PM.
They were together for two years. Reckon any widespread mention of “other woman” Gillard’s home-wrecking activities will pretty much torpedo Abbott’s problems with the purported “gender gap.” You won’t hear another word about it after that.
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