The Sleeping Giant wrote:Perhaps voters should loose their bias and we might get better government.
Probably, but the fourth estate should be leading the way in that regard.
by Q. » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:10 am
The Sleeping Giant wrote:Perhaps voters should loose their bias and we might get better government.
by fish » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:31 am
I wonder if any Liberal/National staffers assisted with the Convoy of N.F.I.?Gozu wrote:"Herald Sun SHOCK EXPOSE: Political people have political beliefs and sometimes express them publicly!":
Another Herald Sun beatup on the Occupy Melbourne protest, this time bashing the Greens because someone on their payroll might have been involved (HOW OUTRAGEOUS). The Hun’s headline?
Yes, I’m sure they ran a similar headline about the Liberal Party members (taxpayer funded!) involved in the anti-carbon price rallies earlier in the year. “Taxpayers finance Liberal Party protest adviser” – you remember that headline, don’t you? I don’t, but I’m sure they ran it for consistency.
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2 ... -publicly/
by tipper » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:19 am
by Gozu » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:31 am
by Jimmy_041 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:50 am
by The Sleeping Giant » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:50 am
by Psyber » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:58 am
The Top 50 Labor Lemons so far!
1. Carbon Tax There will be no carbon tax under the Government I lead.
2. NBN $50 billion but no cost-benefit analysis
3. Building the Education Revolution The school halls fiasco
4. Home Insulation Plan (Pink Batts) Dumped
5. Citizens Assembly Dumped
6. Cash for Clunkers Dumped
7. Hospital Reform Nothing
8. Digital set-top boxes Cheaper at Harvey Norman
9. Emissions Trading Scheme Abandoned
10. Mining Tax Continuing uncertainty for our miners
11. Livestock export ban to Indonesia Over-reaction
12. Detention Centres Riots & cost blow-outs
13. East Timor solution Announced before agreed
14. Malaysia solution A Non Event
15. Manus Island solution On the backburner
16. Computers in Schools $1.4 billion blow out; less than half delivered
17. Cutting Red Tape 12,835 new regulations, only 58 repealed
18. Asia Pacific Community Another expensive Rudd frolic. Going nowhere
19. Green Loans Program Abandoned. Only 3.5% of promised loans delivered
20. Solar Homes & Communities plan Shut down after $534 million blow out
21. Green Car Innovation Fund Abandoned
22. Solar Credits Scheme Scaled back
23. Green Start Program Scrapped
24. Retooling for Climate Change Program Abolished
25. Childcare Centres Abandoned. 260 promised, only 38 delivered
26. Take a meat axe to the Public Service 24,000 more public servants added
27. Murray Darling Basin Plan back to the drawing board
28. 2020 Summit Meaningless talk-fest
29. Tax Summit Deferred and downgraded
30. Population Policy Sets no targets
31. Fuel Watch Abandoned
32. Grocery Choice Abandoned
33. $900 Stimulus cheques Sent to dead people and overseas residents
34. Foreign Policy In turmoil with Rudd running riot
35. National Schools Solar Program Closing two years early
36. Solar Hot Water Rebate Abandoned
37. Oceanic Viking Caved in
38. GP Super Clinics 64 promised, only 11 operational
39. Defence Family Healthcare Clinics 12 promised, none delivered
40. Trade Training Centres 2,650 promised, 70 operational
41. Bid for UN Security Council seat An expensive Rudd frolic
42. MySchool Website Revamped but problems continue
43. National Curriculum States in uproar
44. Small Business Superannuation Clearing House 99% of small businesses reject it
45. Indigenous Housing Program Way behind schedule
46. Rudd Bank Went nowhere
47. Using cheap Chinese fabrics for Defence uniforms Ditched
48. Innovation Ambassadors Program junked
49. Six Submarines none operational
50. Debt limit to be increased to $250 billion to pay for all of this and much more
by Gozu » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:05 pm
Jimmy_041 wrote:Gozu - why post that?
by Psyber » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:13 pm
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said the figures show the private health insurance industry is in good shape and, unlike when the Government/private health insurance incentive programs began 14 years ago, the industry is now well positioned to adjust to the Government’s proposed changes to the private health insurance rebate.
The second issue is that a budget measure that has not been passed means that pharmaceuticals under the PBS are again being targeted for further cuts.
Politically this is a major issue because the change to private health insurance rebates has been budgeted into the forward estimates by treasury.
The Labour Government however has been unable to get the legislation passed through the Senate. This has left a major black hole in the budget figures.
With the Federal Government absolutely determined to get Australia back in surplus as promised other health programs are being targeted and this includes the PBS.
by Gozu » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:00 pm
by Gozu » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:30 am
by Q. » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:33 am
by scoob » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:11 am
by redandblack » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:05 pm
by Leaping Lindner » Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:23 pm
redandblack wrote:Paul Keating today on a republic:
And he's still fired by the idea of a republic. His annoyance that Australia still has the English monarch as head of state is evident, especially as he charts this great shift in global power from west to east. "Here we are, witnessing one of the great changes in the world ... and here we are getting around with the Queen of Great Britain as our head of state, and our flag with the Union Jack in the corner. I mean it's weak and pathetic. While ever we keep the monarchy it shows we don't have the confidence to run our own show."
My thoughts exactly.
(Retreats to a safe, distant place)
by Sojourner » Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:25 pm
redandblack wrote:Paul Keating today on a republic:
And he's still fired by the idea of a republic. His annoyance that Australia still has the English monarch as head of state is evident, especially as he charts this great shift in global power from west to east. "Here we are, witnessing one of the great changes in the world ... and here we are getting around with the Queen of Great Britain as our head of state, and our flag with the Union Jack in the corner. I mean it's weak and pathetic. While ever we keep the monarchy it shows we don't have the confidence to run our own show."
My thoughts exactly.
(Retreats to a safe, distant place)
by redandblack » Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:38 pm
by DOC » Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:48 pm
Sojourner wrote:What did Paul Keating say to the Queen, that she was finished and that Australia would be a republic within a few years!... Would have loved to see the look on his face when the referendum result was announced!
Maybe Labor should give him another go?
by Psyber » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:52 am
On Saturday 26 November 2011, 8:05 EST
The Federal Government plans to use a retrospective tax change to find the billions of dollars it needs to return the budget to surplus next year.
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten says the Government wants to change the deductions some companies can claim after a merger.
It is understood this would claw back around $6 billion.
Mr Shorten says the change would protect against a potential threat to revenue and maintain the integrity of the tax system.
But Tax Institute spokesman Robert Jeremenko says the Government should not be making retrospective changes.
"The fundamental principle is that laws that adversely affect taxpayers should not apply retrospectively unless you're addressing some significant tax avoidance, and this is not the case of these changes today," he said.
"What the Government is doing is undermining the integrity of the tax system and completely reversing amendments they put into Parliament and passed only last year.
"Those amendments were introduced after extensive consultation with industry, and the Government has now decided that because it needs extra funds it's going to retrospectively amend legislation that affects people, all the way back to 2002 in some cases."
Treasurer Wayne Swan will hand down a budget update before Christmas, spelling out all the cuts the Government will make to return to surplus.
by The Sleeping Giant » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:58 pm
Gozu wrote:A FORMER Mayor and MP has admitted he spent $150,000 on 162 different prostitutes in the two years before his arrest over sex with a child two years ago.
Terry Martin, 54, sobbed in the dock as the Supreme Court in Hobart watched his recorded interview this morning.
Mr Martin is a former independent member of Tasmania's Upper House and mayor of Glenorchy, in Hobart.
Mr Martin's distress was palpable - both in court and on the DVD recording - when the questioning turned to a stack of child pornography found in a locked drawer in the study of his home.
Mr Martin had oral sex with a Glenorchy 12-year-old and took sexually explicit photos of her at his home in September, 2009, after she was advertised as a prostitute by her mother and the mother's partner Gary John Devine.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/mp-weeps- ... 6198079091
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