Yeah Rumpy, we know all that stuff.....that repetitive rhetoric is becoming boring.
"Appalling" is a relative word, and I wouldn't go that far, but I would say that billing the taxpayer for publicising his own book, or attending a private wedding and sending taxpayers the bill indicates a lack of basic honesty that you would expect in a PM that should set an example to his colleagues and others.
The fact that travel rorts are widely abused is irrelevant . Someone should set an example and it should come from the top.
The hypocrisy of government members in prosecuting Peter Slipper (not that I have any liking for him) for abusing travel payments while themselves just paying money back when they get caught out highlights their arrogance and "born to rule" mentality, which goes down very badly in the public eye.
John Howard did that for most of his reign, but when it came to Workchoices that trust was eroded and it cost him his job, and his seat.
Yeah Rumpy, we know all that stuff.....that repetitive rhetoric is becoming boring.
"Appalling" is a relative word, and I wouldn't go that far, but I would say that billing the taxpayer for publicising his own book, or attending a private wedding and sending taxpayers the bill indicates a lack of basic honesty that you would expect in a PM that should set an example to his (Liberal) colleagues and others.
The fact that travel rorts are widely abused is irrelevant . Someone should set an example and it should come from the (Liberal) top.
The hypocrisy of (Liberal) government members in prosecuting (Liberal) Peter Slipper (not that I have any liking for him) for abusing travel payments while (Liberal) themselves just paying money back when they get caught out highlights their (Liberal) arrogance and (Liberal) "born to rule" mentality, which goes down very badly in the (Liberal & Labor) public eye.
(Liberal) John Howard did that for most of his reign, but when it came to (Liberal) Workchoices that trust was eroded and it cost him his job, and his (Liberal) seat.
"Appalling" is a relative word, and I wouldn't go that far, but I would say that billing the taxpayer for publicising his own book, or attending a private wedding and sending taxpayers the bill indicates a lack of basic honesty that you would expect in a PM that should set an example to his colleagues and others.
The fact that travel rorts are widely abused is irrelevant . Someone should set an example and it should come from the top.
The hypocrisy of government members in prosecuting Peter Slipper (not that I have any liking for him) for abusing travel payments while themselves just paying money back when they get caught out highlights their arrogance and "born to rule" mentality, which goes down very badly in the public eye.
John Howard did that for most of his reign, but when it came to Workchoices that trust was eroded and it cost him his job, and his seat.
sptrawler said:And he qualifies for the extreme abuse he recieves, based on the above, jeez really.
And he qualifies for the extreme abuse he recieves, based on the above, jeez really.
It is somewhat sad, that we humans have a 'pack' mentality, it isn't a very attractive trait.
Now the Government has folded on defence spending cuts, spend, spend, spend is what everyone wants.
I guess I'm old fashioned, and need to get with the times.
http://www.theguardian.com/australi...-says-its-victory-has-revolutionised-politicsVictorian Labor says its victory has revolutionised politics
Grassroots polling strategy targeting 18 seats achieves a 60-year first by defeating Coalition after just one term in office
Gay Alcorn
Victorian Labor and the union movement believe they have revolutionised political campaigning in Australia. They implemented a detailed, grassroots strategy for Saturday’s state election, recruiting thousands of volunteers to talk to people one-on-one to convince them to vote against the government.
Labor’s marginal seats director, Kosmos Samaras, said the party had piloted the “field campaign” strategy in key seats at last year’s federal election. It was fully applied for the first time at Saturday’s state poll in 18 marginal seats.
Labor won the election, defeating the Coalition government after a single term in office, the first time that has happened in Victoria for almost 60 years. The outgoing government has acknowledged it was out-campaigned by Labor.
Samaras said there remained “institutional resistance” to the strategy within the ALP, but senior officials from NSW and Queensland had visited Victoria to assess whether it should be rolled out in a comprehensive way around the country.
Field campaigning is based on techniques developed by the Democrats and progressive movements in the United States. Samaras said politics had changed dramatically, and it was a proven way to make a cynical public engage with political issues that mattered most to them. The Greens use similar grassroots techniques.
It isn't rocket science, to kick start the economy and pay down debt.
First drop the value of the dollar, second reduce wages, third take money from those who have it.lol even if it has taken you a lifetime to save it.
Bet you won't find them agreeing to reduce the politicians pensions, Labor managed to wedge in a 30% increase, just before being thrown out.lol
SP. the Green/Labor left wing socialists are in complete denial and just don't want to accept reality....they have absolutely no concern for the welfare of Australia and those who live here......no National interest.....only interested in themselves....Sham on them.
Tailwinds that have boosted demand in Australia over the past few decades are set to ease, or reverse course. The end of Australia’s terms of trade boom is set to drag on income growth, resulting in a weak demand environment at a time when structural headwinds to growth – particularly demographics – are beginning to be felt…
The current expansion in GDP is expected to continue. Ordinarily this would be expected to be consistent with a strong domestic demand environment.
However, current GDP growth is narrowly based. Resource exports are the major contributor to GDP growth, with population growth the other driver. Outside of these two factors, the economy is weak. We expect GDP ex- resources to decline, on a per capita basis, over the year to 2Q 2015.
The rise in Australia’s terms of trade has seen nominal GDP growth rise strongly over recent years. Rising commodity prices translated into strong economy-wide income growth, which boosted domestic demand. The reversal of the terms of trade is having the opposite effect. Nominal GDP growth has slumped, Gross Domestic Income (GDI) is growing at just 1.3%pa, and so is Domestic Final Demand (1.4%pa). GDI fell in the last quarter, and partial data thus far suggest Australia could record an “income recession” in the 3Q14 GDP figures…
The impacts of the terms of trade decline will persist for some time… Some moderation in income growth looks to be inevitable, and moderating population growth, demographic challenges, slack in the labour market and benign inflation conditions suggest modest nominal growth outcomes are likely to persist.
The University of Western Australia has already responded to fee deregulation by announcing that it would charge an annual fee of $16,000 for the five basic undergraduate courses it offers, which is around double the current HELP rate for most undergraduate degrees.
Quarantine NG to new builds.
Force APRA and RBA to bring in macro-prudential along the lines of what NZ introduced
Now that you've put a cap on mortgage debt ballooning the RBA can lower interest rates
Establish a policy for the future that will limit the AUD from going too far above it's fundamental value - ie don't let Dutch Disease kill off the non mining sectors again.
This should have been done over a decade ago. It's a massive blind spot to the major parties.
Instead of pumping billions into roads that have a less than a $ economic return for each $ invested, use funds to encourage the states to move towards land taxes to make infrastructure investment self funding via increases in land values through infrastructure being recouped via higher land taxes. Infrastructure Australia already has a lit of projects that would help with the current CAPEX cliff and increase the productive potential of the economy over the medium to long term. That the Govt is ignoring IA is up their with Labor's ignoring of the Henry tax review.
Technically Labor didn't wedge any increases in. It's a supposedly independent process on the pollies pay, and I don't seem to recall the Liberals calling for any form of wage restraint.
I'd argue 95% of the country is in denial.
Macquarie Bank sums it up quite nicely today. I'd argue the below is another reason for the angst within the electorate. Most people are already feeling like it's a recession.
Pretty much all the reasons Howard is lauded as an economic marvel are now in reverse. The true economic marvel will be the politician who can honestly explain the above to the voters, create a centrist budget plan that shares the pain of cuts AND tax increases fairly, and is able to communicate this in such a way that the public accepts it and then the senate has little support to block the measures. We have world leading tax expenditures to be hacked into.
The current Govt doesn't seem up to the task based on their performance this year, though Labor has not done anything to make me think they're willing to be any more honest than Abbott was when in opposition.
In June, the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), which is attached to the University of Canberra, released estimates of how the May Budget’s changes to university fees are likely to impact on various courses, and found that the impact would “be felt most strongly for low-pay occupations such as nursing or education,
Seems that Buckstop Abbott has started to cave :
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Nothing like mounting fear on the back bench to sharpen a few knives.
The Victorian election has really rattled a few cages lets see if Abbott can do a back step triple pike back ward somersault with more lies and broken promisers.
I still think the ADF pay rise has legs yet certainly one of the more cowardly moves yet to price signal the public service hiding behind the arm forces.
noco said:Wake up Australia....your country needs you to pull your weight....don't be so greedy when times are tough.
Oh yes, all the low income people are sooo greedy, slaving away for minimal wages, unpaid overtime, holidays not taken etc.
Most of us don't have multiple negative geared investment properties at the taxpayers expense, or stash away large amounts of our bloated incomes in super taxed at 15% when our normal rate is 45%.
Fix these black holes and the rest of us may just start to think that everyone is pulling their weight.
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