One of the most damning measures of incompetence against this government is the disgraceful waste in how they’ve spent the money. They’ve turned a healthy inherited surplus into a serious deficit. They’ve put our country heavily into debt by recklessly splashing money around on hair-brained schemes such as pink bats, unnecessary and grossly over-priced school buildings, not to mention the many thousands of millions of dollars frittered away on the boat people issue that was entirely of their own making. In spite of all this heavy expenditure, in spite of their new taxes designed to raise more government revenue, we have serious deterioration in education standards, health care, roads etc. And yet people like you keep singing their praises!
It’s people like you, not me, who are most likely to complain when Abbot is forced to tighten the belt to address the economic mess that Labor will leave him with.
No, Howard did not stop spending on infrastructure, but like all governments he spent too little money where it was needed most. Just like your hero Gillard has done. It never ceases to amaze me that the regions that produce so much wealth are often sorely neglected when it comes to services and infrastructure. Mining areas in QLD are a good example.....awful roads and a lack of services are the norm in these areas. A modest portion of the scores of billions of dollars wasted by Labor could have made a real difference if it had been redirected to these areas.
Billions of dollars were poured into cash handouts, pink bats, school buildings, and various other ill-considered schemes that produced poor returns on dollars invested. There are dozens of ways in which a significant portion of this money could have been better invested, one of which is by improving port capacity so that coal and iron ore ships don’t have to spend up to a week sitting offshore before they can be loaded.
600 million dollars of federal health funding earmarked for the states has been withdrawn. The 100 million dollars cut from Queensland's health funding is enough money to employ 2000 nurses. Hospital beds are closing down due to insufficient money to employ staff to look after patients who would otherwise fill those beds. The federal government bears a significant portion of the blame for long hospital waiting lists and a generally inadequate health care system.
Maybe, maybe not. You lefties didn’t think Howard could stop the boats either. Time will tell whether Abbot can do it, assuming he wins government in September. His efforts in that regard will almost certainly be an improvement on the immensely costly boat people debacle that Labor created.
That's the state of play SpT. Shorten doesn't seem to have what it takes, he's no Paul Keating. I wonder if the marginal seat ALP members have twigged that they're now considered expendable.
Let's try asking Galaxy. I have just sent the following email to them:
Will post the response, if any.
Go Julia
Well at least you have brought those twin (as we know) scoundrels Dr Zacchary and Noco into line.
Go Julia
With Labor, both the leader and the brand now stink. Another leader, whether it be Kevin Rudd or anyone doesn't change the odour of the brand.
Thanks, Calliope. I have given up reading the Courier Mail.
Agree about the Queensland factor, but he still rates way higher than Gillard in all the national polls.
That being said, it would be justice for the electorate for Julia to face our judgement.
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