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That should be Third World.
Good idea. If the rest of the world imposed tariffs based on the difference in wages and conditions between the importing countries and the exporting countries, then that would encourage the low wage countries to raise their wages and conditions and reduce working slavery in the First World.
I don't disagree with you on that, I was only pointing out that you and Morison seem to be on the same page, whereas Albo and Labors stance seems to be opposite to your preferred position on trade.Morrison is PM right now, not Albo. He either walks the walk or he doesn't, it's up to him.
LNP have done nothing for 6 years and people still vote for them. That's either blind faith or something a lot worse.
I don't disagree with you on that, I was only pointing out that you and Morison seem to be on the same page, whereas Albo and Labors stance seems to be opposite to your preferred position on trade.
Whereas in your post #1003, you suggest that neither party even recognises or acknowledges the issue.
We are such a precarious position in our trade imbalance, that we could be destroyed by Chine in weeks. They are the major buyer of our exports and are the ones we import most of our consumer products from, if they put an embargo on us we would be in a World of pain within days.
Why haven't all the airborn arrivals been sent to Mannus or Nauru I wonder?
The Australia-China relationship is at a low point. If they wanted to punish us they would have done so already. They need our resources and they want to buy more of our farmland and other businesses.
They probably don't want to upset the apple cart either.
Or they get burnt, or the Green influence change the rules againShort term for the producers is not so good, long term - excellent, that is the funny thing about trees, they keep on growing and getting fatter, don't harvest today is only a short term delay as you can harvest next year when they are bigger
Meanwhile we throw more money at poorer and poorer results.That's a pretty sad report, and goes with what we have been saying over several threads.
Another report that backs this up.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...g-on-research-plummets-far-below-oecd-average
Meanwhile we throw more money at poorer and poorer results.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/st...e-to-ditch-the-atar-and-even-naplan/?cs=14264
Maybe it is about time, there was some accountability for poor results, I know it happens in industry, for some reason education doesn't appear to be judged on outcomes.
It is everyone else's fault, two times table hasn't changed, it just they don't teach them anymore. Now it is more important to learn about feeling good while you're not learning, as long as you are happy and not stressed, that's the main thing.
The other problem is, as soon as you mention teacher assessment, there is a massive outcry. IMO it wont be long before the teaching profession actually wont involve children at all, schools will be childminding facilities and the onus will return to parents to teach their children. Online courses will be available, that can be accessed from the the home, so parents can help the children when they get home from work.Pretty Lefty article that.
There has to be some measurement of student's understanding of the academic subjects that form the backbone of skills.
All this stuff about "benefit to society" is gobbledygook and just serves to excuse bad teachers from failing to teach the educational basics to a satisfactory level.
I guess the slight difference is, when they arrive by plane they have to have a passport, so at least you know who they are.So while we've all fallen for the "look over there!" tactic about boat arrivals, we have 200,000+ arrivals by plane who just slip in and game the system? Sounds like a policy. Mind you, we've had a system of "Migration Agents" since at least the 1970s which has distorted the system at every opportunity - 457 Visa anyone?
I guess the slight difference is, when they arrive by plane they have to have a passport, so at least you know who they are.
It would be funny if they started winding down the windows, on the planes to throw their passports out, like the boat people.
For the same reason pretty much nobody plants trees in suburban backyards anymore.The lesson has been learnt and will be widely advertised
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