Liberals Sending WA Broke

[drsmith]

But seriously $20 bil projection is of a concern.

You get back to your Pokemon cards.

Life's too short for a full time detailed analysis of state politics.

Let's see what they do in the budget.

 

[nunthewiser]

No malice intended just a bit of friendly banter, Todster seems like a good bloke and taking it as intended, just a bit of fun. Lightens up another otherwise dry subject.

Yeah.. sorry for being picky ..... it was not my conversation and i butted in......

yeah Todster got a sense of humour.....

have a great day

 

[IFocus]

You get back to your Pokemon cards.

Life's too short for a full time detailed analysis of state politics.

Let's see what they do in the budget.

I take that as a look the other way then

 

[IFocus]

Let's see what they do in the budget.

I admit I was wrong dept isn't $20 bil its going to be $22 bil..........like I said Liberals sending WA broke.

Hope we all can phony up $10K for each man, woman, kid, cat and dog in the state.

Good news $600 mil on the poor people and long over due increase to health and education cannot argue about that.

Bad news taking dept from Labors time $4 bil to Liberal bankruptcy of $20 bil.

At least some of Barnys mates will be able to drink coffee down next to the river.

Where the money comes from:

* Total revenue 2011-12: $25.2 billion
* Taxation: $6.96 billion (28 per cent)
* Other Commonwealth grants: $6.14 billion (24 per cent)
* Mining royalties: $4.79 billion (19 per cent)
* GST revenue: $3.6 billion (14 per cent)
* Sales of goods and services: $1.82 billion (7 per cent)
* Public corporations: $1.15 billion (5 per cent)
* Other: $748 million (3 per cent)

Where the money goes:

* Total expenses 2011-12: $24.8 billion.
* Health: $6.07 billion (25 per cent)
* Education: $5.74 billion (23 per cent)
* Public order and safety: $2.74 billion (11 per cent)
* Housing and community amenities: $2.11 billion (9 per cent)
* Other: $2.25 billion (9 per cent)
* Transport and communications: $1.83 billion (7 per cent)
* Social security and welfare: $1.65 billion (7 per cent)
* Recreation and culture: $774 million (3 per cent)
* Fuel and energy: $554 million (2 per cent)

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/p...n-wa-budget-20110519-1euiz.html#ixzz1Mnc6Z1wl

 

[sptrawler]

As stated in your post, Ifocus, most of the spending blowout is on much needed infrastructure, health, education, public safety and housing.
People can't have it all ways, they are usually saying not enough is being spent on the above, now when it is they are screaming.
As I have always said there is nothing wrong with government debt as long as it is productive or providing essential services. It's the wastage as with federal labor that gives me the absolute $####ts.
Looks like Barnett agrees, he is going to try and stop the federal labor ripping off W.A should be an interesting fight.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ns-budget-target/story-fn8gf1nz-1226059274055

 

[trainspotter]

Interesting to note that the Libs are spending like drunken sailors on shore leave and the Labor Party is accusing them of feckless money irrationale. Shoe on the other foot?

No wait ....... the money being spent is actually going on infratructure, health, police, education, maintenance of existing infrastructure and social services. Not a bad thing surely?

The Barnett government's move to increase royalties on the miners presents Wayne Swan with a major headache after he promised the miners, including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, he would reimburse them for all state royalties when the planned $7.4bn mineral resources rent tax starts next year.

Apparently a 2 billion dollar hole in the Federal Budget no less. Ooooopsies.

 

[IFocus]

No wait ....... the money being spent is actually going on infratructure, health, police, education, maintenance of existing infrastructure and social services. Not a bad thing surely?

Agree but the interest payments on $22 bil would build a Fiona Stanley Hospital every year.

There is no irony state Labor or Ripper actually ran balanced budgets and got heavily criticized for being tight and mean.

I thought Barnett was doing a reasonable job and had gotten past stupid things like building canals etc maybe that's in next years budget

$22 bil dept for a population of 2.3 million people is I think extreme.

 

[springhill]

IFocus, stop stressing out man, grab a beer and chill.
Col will increase the royalties for IO and all will be sweet. After all they are OUR (WA's) minerals, NOT the fed's and as such should not be subject to a SUPER PROFI...... oops, i mean MRRT.

 

[sptrawler]

Agree but the interest payments on $22 bil would build a Fiona Stanley Hospital every year.

There is no irony state Labor or Ripper actually ran balanced budgets and got heavily criticized for being tight and mean.

I thought Barnett was doing a reasonable job and had gotten past stupid things like building canals etc maybe that's in next years budget

$22 bil dept for a population of 2.3 million people is I think extreme.

The $22b isn't much debt if the federal government would give us our fair share of the g.s.t pie.
Do you think its fair we have to put in all the infrastructure to support the mining sector that in turn brings in most of Australias money. Just to have Gillard and Swan take the money and waste it on hair brained schemes. Then turn round to W.A and say get stuffed your getting less of the pie so suck it up.
I for one would like Barnett to crank up the royalties to the point we don't need the g.s.t begging funds and tell Gillard to get stuffed.
Labor are just wasting Australias future throwing money around on stupid sensless spending.

By the way, I think this is going to put Gillard and Swan right on the top shelf of the shooting gallery.LOL
Barnett's not as stupid as some people think.

 

[sptrawler]

Barnett has the "right take" on it, have a read of his comments today. We in W.A recieved our first winter rain today.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ns-budget-target/story-fn8gf1nz-1226059586044



Wish he was in federal politics, imagine him and Barnaby they would have a great time taking the p!!!ss out of the Julia and Wayne comedy company.
Actualy it is just like labors grievance with Telstra, jump in and start threatening and bullying. The problem is it worked when they were shop stewards and union organisers. But they will learn the hard way that just because you shout and threaten doesn't mean you win.

 

[IFocus]

A look at the future under a Liberal federal government LOL

The latest utility price hike comes on top of a 57 per cent increase in electricity prices and 42 per cent hike in water prices since the Barnett Government came to power in 2008.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/9881028/gas-charges-up-10pc/

Feel free to post up any excuses I will help out i.e. its all labors fault.

Just read this part again apparent the Liberals are not being completely honest.........bit like Abbott I think.

He said under the Government’s watch, wholesale gas costs and network charges had soared but Alinta had been denied the opportunity to fully recover those cost increases.

 

[drsmith]

its all labors fault.

It's all Labor's fault.