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Would that be like the way, Labor are distancing themselves from budget measures, they proposed?
That really shows morality issues.
Hang in there DR it can only get worse for this current woeful non government.
A good morality test of the border protection polices is the speed at which Morrison is distancing himself from them.................
Would that be like the way, Labor are distancing themselves from budget measures, they proposed?
That really shows morality issues.
Jeez Sp, going by the last few posts, you seem to be on a frenetic crusade to patch the shell holes others are firing at your LNP ship ... you are turning into NOco
Just trying to help out noco, he seems to be outnumbered.lol
Supporting the LNP, is a bit like the Alamo, shoulder to shoulder, backs to the wall.lol
Massively outnumbered, but not surrendering the flag.
Jeez Sp, going by the last few posts, you seem to be on a frenetic crusade to patch the shell holes others are firing at your LNP ship ... you are turning into NOco
In the meantime, and while that work is being done, GST shares should be frozen at this year’s level for everyone.
This would mean a GST share of 37.6 per cent for WA instead of just 30 with all other GST relativities for every other jurisdiction remaining the same next year as this year.
There just is no credible public policy argument in favour of state ownership of a TAB.
Yes we must work together to sort out the GST sharing arrangements. Not just for WA but for Australia.
But the WA Government must also show that it is serious about reform in our own backyard.
Here you go tisme, the Abbott Government put fiscal pressure on people to vacinate their kids, do they get credit?
Hell no.
It was the Daily telegraph that did it.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...r-no-jab-reforms/story-fnpn118l-1227300073570
It's a shame the press only applaud Government initiatives, that coincide with theirs.
It's funny , the same poll in the Age led to completely different headlines. 2PP preferred vote for the Libs has fallen again and if an election had been held the votes would have been 54% Labor, 46% Coalition.
This poll really doesn't matter in my view. The new budget will make or break Abbott and Hockey. Hope its a good one for the country's sake. We shall see.
I see China are going to prop up their uneconomical iron ore miners.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/27027955/china-to-prop-up-its-domestic-miners/
I certainly hope the FIRB, is instructed to block any attempt by Chinese companies, from buying our struggling iron ore juniors.
China ramps up demand, then when production is increased, wind back demand to send companies broke. Twiggy Forrest is right about us reducinging supply, to meet the market. Opec have been doing it for years, and that was o.k.
"As of early March, subscriptions went through the roof," he said. "We observed a 500 percent rise in subscriptions from Australia. Traffic and sales from the Australian region has surpassed even the United States!"
Speaking to TorrentFreak, Ben Van der Pelt of TorGuard said his company's VPN service had proven popular with Australians, with subscriptions from this country now accounting for half of the company's total business.
"Over the past week TorGuard has seen a massive jump in Australian subscribers," said Van der Pelt. "Traffic from this region is currently up over 150% and recent trends indicate that the upsurge is here to stay."
Wake up Knobby!!!......The AGE is LABOR biased rag....very unreliable.
Yet you think The Australian has no bias at all?
On the other hand Exasperated eastern states leave in a huff, leaving Western Australia to stew in its own rotten wealth.
by Rowan Dean
In a shock move that is set to rock the Australian federation to its core, a group of leading political and business figures from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart and Adelaide today called for the Eastern states of Australia to finally secede from WA.
"We've had it up to here with those pesky West Australians," said a spokesperson. "They think they run the whole show, they never give a damn about us all the way over here and on top of which, they're a bloody drain on our economic wellbeing. It's time we cut ourselves free. Imagine what a prosperous, wealthy, independent place the East would be without having to put up with all those troublesome Westerners draining our natural resources – the GST in particular."
The Eastern secessionist group points to the unfair balance between the prosperous East and the near-bankrupt West. "Everybody over in the West is either a bankrupt iron ore magnate or a bankrupt Perth real estate agent or a bankrupt second-hand Maserati dealer. It's a disgrace. Why should we carry on supporting that lot?"
Experts have long pointed out that through a lucky quirk of geography, the Eastern states of Australia happen to contain all the natural wealth-creating assets of the federation, such as politicians, public servants, economists, think tanks, lobby groups, government grants and the like. Meanwhile, the West is forced to scratch around in the dirt trying to make a squalid living out of near-worthless rocks, minerals, gases, liquids, sheep, cattle, fruit, vegetables, cotton, wheat, seafood, oysters, wineries, pearls, diamonds, gold, uranium and so on.
"Clearly, the wealth of the nation resides entirely in the East," said an economist speaking from an eco-latte café in Sydney's prosperous inner suburbs. "If we didn't have to waste our precious taxes propping up all those farmers and miners from WA, there would be much more government cash we could keep for ourselves. On top of which, the East is where all the critical infrastructure projects take place, such as new bike lanes through the Sydney CBD and that tunnel thing in Melbourne, which we're proudly investing nearly a billion dollars in not building. There's plenty of stuff we can waste our money on over here without wasting it over there as well."
However, others believe that any attempt by the East to "go it alone" is doomed to fail. "The cultural heart of Australia is over in the West," said one proponent of keeping the federation intact. "That's where Van Diemen nailed his first plate. That's where Alan Bond painted his first sign. That's where Rolf Harris wiggled his first wobble board. That's where Brian Burke filled in his first travel expense form. That's where Gina Rinehart first sat on her daddy's knee. The list goes on and on. Australia wouldn't be the nation it is today without that rich cultural heritage keeping us all togethe
One for the WEST Australians :
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/weve-boundless-plains-to-share--cept-with-wa-20150412-1mi1l4
A former Labor person on ABC local radio a little while ago commented that regardless of what people thought of Colin Barnett, the collective IQ of the WA parliament will be halved when he goes.Barnett is in trouble over here in the West and debt is running out of control after the previous Labor governments handed over a sold surplus the GST is just a side show.
I actually think Barnett has done a pretty fair job of running the state particularly given the other Liberal sitting members are complete boneheads.
Averaging helped WA when the mining boom was in its early stages. Swings and roundabouts.
It's been most amusing to see Barnett touring Australia like an aging hooker looking for one last payday. There are going to be a lot of cheap second hand jetskis for sale in WA as the cashed up bogans aren't so cashed up anymore.
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