by RB » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:31 pm
by Gozu » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:46 pm
Grahaml wrote:Could there actually be something to this Thompson thing? I think like most Australians I'd just assumed it was really nothing and his political foes were just whipping up a storm to make him and Labor less popular. But now it's gone this far and it's gaining some real legs. Now the police are officially involved while the HSU has been expelled from the ACTU under it's zero tolerance for corruption and I'm really starting to think we might have a genuine scanal here. Not the usual Australian politics type scandal of someone changing their mind or being wrong about something, but a bona fide, criminal court case scandal involving corruption.
All this under the backdrop of a 1 seat majority government where losing a member could mean the government being brought down makes these latest developments enormous.
by Sojourner » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:19 pm
by dedja » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:23 pm
by Sojourner » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:41 pm
by Q. » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:04 am
by Sojourner » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:19 pm
Q. wrote:What's that rightard Pickering's obsession with a nude Gillard?
by Strawb » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:09 am
Sojourner wrote:Q. wrote:What's that rightard Pickering's obsession with a nude Gillard?
Seems to be a Very generous in the titty department as well....
by GWW » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:53 pm
by Sojourner » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:03 pm
by Gozu » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:54 pm
by Jimmy_041 » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:35 pm
by Gozu » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:40 pm
Jimmy_041 wrote:Problem is Gozu, we cant live beyond our means all of the time.
Have a look at SA where we are now a basket case thanks to Foley who will, shortly, lose any credibility he had left.
by Psyber » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:44 pm
by Gozu » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:44 am
Psyber wrote:I thought the idea of a surplus was to have buffer if something goes wrong unexpectedly, and that it was therefore a handy thing to have.
Certainly, I like to have reserves to cover unexpected costs arising in my minor personal economy.
If something arises and you have no reserves, and you then borrow more than you can comfortably fund, you are starting on the way to becoming Greece - or South Australia!
by Jimmy_041 » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:51 am
by Psyber » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:07 am
1. A a private mortgage, or a national debt, is only rational if you can comfortably afford the repayments and will benefit by owning, eventually, something of substance.Gozu wrote: The reality is though nations can borrow much easier and at much better rates than households and most households are effectively in debt anyway (mortgages).
No one in their right mind would compare our great economy one of the best performing in the world to a basketcase like Greece.
by Gozu » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:32 pm
by Q. » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:22 pm
Gozu wrote:"Rundle: Anzac Day and why we need to question ‘myths’ of war"
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/24/run ... hs-of-war/
by dedja » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:54 pm
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