"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet".
"The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall."
Cicero on what was known as Fibre-To-The-Parchment back then said:for it is the privilege of rhetoricians to exceed the truth of history, that they may have an opportunity of embellishing the fate of their heroes
I used to think Wayne Swan was Labor's most frenetic spokesperson, but Garrett last night looked and sounded as though he was about to combust! Just awful, awful delivery, never mind the inadequate content.
From Hoax Slayer
Misleading and Inaccurate Diatribe - 'Toning Down' Anzac Day 2015
Outline
Bitter and inflammatory political diatribe claims that Australia's Federal government is intent on toning down the Anzac Day 2015 centenary because the event may offend immigrants to Australia.
Brief Analysis
The claims in the message are misleading and inaccurate. A Department of Veterans’ Affairs study to determine community attitudes about Anzac Day raised concerns about inappropriate behaviour among some Anzac Day event participants. It also warned of potential problems resulting from Australia's multicultural makeup. However, Prime Minister Gillard has publicly rejected the report's criticisms.
The Gillard government is not in any way attempting to "tone down" Anzac Day. Nor was the purpose of the study in any way related to questioning the need for having Anzac Day as claimed. Moreover, the message was not written by RAAF Association QLD State President John Carlile as claimed. Mr Carlile has stated that he did not write the piece, nor did he attach his name to it or even forward it. Sending on false and misleading information of this nature is counterproductive and un-Australian.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/anzac-day-2015.shtml
From Hoax Slayer
Misleading and Inaccurate Diatribe - 'Toning Down' Anzac Day 2015
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If Gillard prevails it will be yet another case of an Abbott government spending years (think two terms) implementing Gillard school policies. Julia’s shadow will remain long after she leaves the stage in any September election defeat””witness the National Disability Insurance Scheme plus Gonski.
Another article on the NBN from the AFR, this time about the government rejecting recommendations on the deal with Telstra from one its own financial advisors.Fortunately the Turnbull plan will mitigate some of this one.
A broad range of advice was prepared by senior Lazard bankers, including chief executive John Wylie, for cabinet before the deal was signed in June 2011. It is understood these two recommendations were rejected.
“This was a political project and a political decision was made to push ahead as quickly as possible,” said one source. “This was not a project about commercial outcomes. It was about political outcomes.”
Didn’t trigger alarm bells
Their recollection was that the Lazard advice was not a very firm recommendation, and that it had not triggered any particularly strong alarm bells from central agencies like Treasury and the Department of Finance, or strong red lights to cabinet ministers.
“It was more along the lines of, ‘Well we don’t know what the world would look like in 30 years’ time’ ”, one source said. “It sounded like an ****-covering exercise to me so that if it ever went bad, their recommendation was sufficiently highly qualified as not to raise redress issues.”
As I've said previously it's a case of the bad tenant trashing the joint before getting kicked out.
As Paul Kelly says on Gonski;
Plus the huge waste being incurred by the inefficient NBN Co. Fortunately the Turnbull plan will mitigate some of this one.
I think this is an important issue I may have overlooked in my previous statement about the NBN.
If the purse is empty, how will stuff get done. You can't have a champagne lifestyle on a cask wine budget. The hangover will be terrible. Maybe the Libs NBN approach is the right one to take because the kitty has well and truly been spent.
Former board member of the RBA Warwick McKibbin wasn't backward in coming forward with is views yesterday.Can the government do anything right?
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/po...cash-to-leave-budget-hole-20130417-2i0ml.html
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