What about the latest bombshell, they aren't going to shut down any of the coal fired power stations(which we all knew anyway, smurph has been through the lunacy of the idea, several times).
Well Tony's right again, it now becomes just a great big new tax.LOL
7:30 Report had a story on it too.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3583856.htm
The Greens need Labor to progress the idiologies and will for some time.CHRISTINE MILNE: But one component that is seriously wrong and that the electorate can fix is the fact that Labor can't be trusted on the environment. It's as simple as that.
PM Julia Gillard said she and her family are in "shock" after her father passed away, and she will be returning to Adelaide from the APEC summit.
The Australian Prime Minister's sad news was announced to delegates at an afternoon session by the summit host, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a statement today, Ms Gillard said:
"My father, John Gillard, passed away this morning in Adelaide. He has battled illness in recent years but his death is a shock for me and my family."
In a search for revenues, Labor eyes super tax breaks
In a struggle to uncover funding for expensive new programs in education and disability services, the Labor government is considering cuts in superannuation tax concessions that could produce billions in additional government revenues, while hitting super owners hard, according to The Australian Financial Review.
The government is in particular focusing on generous capital gains tax breaks for self-managed superannuation funds that invest in property, the report added, while also looking at super tax benefits after people retire, when pensions paid by superannuation are tax free.
The government had previously excluded the tax-free status of superannuation pension payments from discussions of how best to reform the country's taxation system. But as pressure grows on government revenues, policymakers are taking a fresh look at whether the existing system is being used to minimise tax bills.
No sign of Tim in Vladivostok. Julia departed to return to Adelaide on her father's death alone. I suppose it would have been a tad awkward to have Tim with her in Vladivostok when she was accompanied by one of her former lovers, Craig Emerson.
I think that is in bad taste, DB008, doesn't really add to the debate.
Like just about everything Labor has done under Julia Gillard, the MRRT was never anything more than a third rate political fix.Here is a classic, Labor are saying there will be massive cuts if the Coalition get in.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-11/labor-warns-of-curtain-raiser-to-abbott-cuts/4255188
The Queensland Budget increases royalties for coal miners. This is a red rag to Mr Swan who has threatened that if the States do this he will cut their share of the GST revenue because apparently the miners can deduct what they pay in royalties from what they pay to the Commonwealth via the MRRT.Like just about everything Labor has done under Julia Gillard, the MRRT was never anything more than a third rate political fix.
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