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Liberal donor personally recommended Tony Abbott's daughter for scholarship
Les Taylor, the chairman of the Whitehouse Institute of Design who recommended Frances Abbott to be only the second recipient of the 'chairman's scholarship', has made donations of more than $20,000 to the Liberal party
• Tony Abbott's daughter given scholarship for $60,000 degree
Les Taylor, the chairman of the Whitehouse Institute of Design board of governors, personally recommended the prime minister’s daughter for a $60,000 design degree scholarship, and has also made donations of more than $20,000 to the state and federal Liberal party.
My niece has managed to get into medicine. She is a country girl from an average family with both parents working bringing in less than $100000 a year. Under the new budget she can expect to owe $180000 at the end of her degree. Baby boomers got free education. I think this is very unfair and I fear for my children.
I actually can't sleep. Now there are mooted super changes etc. I wish we could call another election. My only hope is Clive Palmer who seems to have more interest in the average person. I am truly disgusted by this government. The outright lies. The determination to act for the lobbyists. I wish I had never voted them in.
The determination to attack families to advantage the rich is terrible. Bring back the old party who use to help families. Raise the tax rates rather than destroy the aspirations of middle class families.
I will never believe anything Tony Abbott says again. I expect to be howled down in this thread but I truly have lost faith in the Coalition. The budget is a list of broken promises and should be blocked in the senate. We cannot let such deceit take place. The polls for the Libs will only get worse and this will be a one term government and I will become politically active to try to ensure this.
I was a big fan of John Howard and can't believe it has come to this.
Hey Knobby, don't let it get you down, firstly none of the budget has been enacted it has to get through parliament yet.
Secondly there is a hell of a lot of opposition to most of what is in the budget, especially by the media, sooner or later the coalition will have to tone it down.
With the level of opposition, they may indeed be a one term government.
Ahh come on Knobby, don't be like that.... 'They've stopped the boats'
"Of the 17 top surveyed IMF countries, Labor left us with the fastest growth in spending of anyone in the world... and they left us with the third highest growth in debt of anyone in the top 17," Mr Hockey told RN Breakfast on March 6.
"So, the fact of the matter is they've left a whole lot of landmines in the budget. We need to carefully remove those landmines and put us back on a path that gets us away from $123 billion of deficit, and starts to pay down the logjam of $667 billion of debt."
The dopey media may well be playing into Abbotts hands. What if, down the track, Abbott falls on his sword?
The media have made it all about Tony and trying to get him, rather than focus on the real issues. The real debate about the economy and the budgetry requirements hasn't happened.
It is about attacking Tony eg, Tony doesn't front a rabid uni mob, Tony winked, Joe smokes a cigar. That's the garbage wasted day after day on the front pages, bloody woefull reporting.
No one has asked Bill what Labor would pass or want included.
No media has discussed the severity of the deficit and debt situation and what options and outcomes could be expected. No real experts, just giggling morning t.v hosts giving their opinion, which is about as usefull as asking my Jack Russell for his opinion.
Abbott doesn't look as though he is enjoying the P.M's job, he never has, so it will be interesting to see what happens. At the opportune moment he may take the bullet for the party.
Just a thought.
You are sounding an awful lot like the Labor party voters who complained that there was too much focus on Gillard personally and not enough on the "issues".
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is strongly defending the career of one of his daughters after questions were raised over whether she had benefited from favours to her father by a friend.
Frances Abbott in 2011 won a $60,000 scholarship to the Whitehouse Institute of Design whose chairman Les Taylor is a longtime friend and supporter of Mr Abbott.
She graduated in 2013 with a bachelor degree, The Guardian reported today.
Frances, 22, is now working for Whitehouse in Melbourne as a teacher’s aide and aims to study for her masters degree later this year.
There is no evidence she did not earn her degree on merit or that she was not entitled to her current job. And Mr Abbott’s office said, in a statement to news.com.au, that Frances won the scholarship “based on her application and art portfolio”.
ZACKERY my point !!!!!!!!!!! The media needs to focus on the issues and not on the personality traits.
ZACKERY my point !!!!!!!!!!! The media needs to focus on the issues and not on the personality traits.
You are sounding an awful lot like the Labor party voters who complained that there was too much focus on Gillard personally and not enough on the "issues".
Abbott doesn't look as though he is enjoying the P.M's job, he never has, so it will be interesting to see what happens. At the opportune moment he may take the bullet for the party.
Just a thought.
Front page of the Age.
The poorest families pay most in budget.
The poorest 20 per cent of Australian families will pay $1.1 billion more into government coffers than the richest households as a result of the budget, highlighting the huge inequity in the government's four-year blueprint for fiscal repair.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...st-families-20140521-38p4i.html#ixzz32PRNi6gg
Front page of the Age.
The poorest families pay most in budget.
The poorest 20 per cent of Australian families will pay $1.1 billion more into government coffers than the richest households as a result of the budget, highlighting the huge inequity in the government's four-year blueprint for fiscal repair.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...st-families-20140521-38p4i.html#ixzz32PRNi6gg
The wealthy are paying it out of their own pockets.
After they avoid their taxes with super, employer/taxpayer funded cars, family trusts, avoidance schemes...
Again that is true, if there had been responsible reporting, the supposed issues facing us now would be common knowledge. Rather than having it shoved in everyones face, like the coalition is doing.
If the media was more focused on real issues, rather than trying to make news into a daily soap opera, the public would be much better informed.
I suppose the subtle difference, between the Gillard situation and what I am talking about with Abbott. During Labor's term it was more about giving the bullet rather than taking it.lol
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