Australian Politics thread [merged]

[tiga]

I'm all good.  Just did the budget affect test with an impact score of zero 
I don't get any Government handouts as I work for all my money. Maybe that is an incentive for others to do the same.
My wife is sick of her Mothers group's "stay at homes" whingeing about how they are going to be affected. My Wife works 4 days a week and still does everything they do with regards to the kids and the only difference is She doesn't get to play Tennis and do Coffee.

[Francois Jackson]

Nah you just bore me silly with your crap though

yep.

Nothing worse than a pathetic greeny.

Should remove that sorry party from our system and be done with it.

well said Tiga, couldnt agree more.

[Judge Roughneck]

Good plan that adof 

Bit undemocratic no

[1965]

It is all going to poo for the Libs.

Fears consumers will vote with their wallets
 
May 21, 2014

Mark Kenny
Chief political correspondent

Nervous shoppers are threatening to close their wallets following the Coalition's hard-hitting budget, with consumer confidence falling at the fastest rate since before the global financial crisis, a major bank survey shows.

The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence survey charted a fall of 3.2 per cent since the budget, taking its index to 100.4 - a significant 14 points lower in a month and the fastest rate of descent since October 2008.

The dire news is fuelling retailers' fears that the budget itself, including the messy politics engulfing it, may have dampened business investment and consumer sentiment just when economic growth was showing signs of improved health.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/fears-consumers-will-vote-with-their-wallets-20140520-38mnc.html#ixzz32IGKJyQs

[🏅Dooks]

Nothing like generating another recession to get the country out of debt and build a stronger Australia....

These clowns have no idea what they are doing

[1965]

Nothing like generating another recession to get the country out of debt and build a stronger Australia....

These clowns have no idea what they are doing

and the rusted on Liberal supporters can't see it.

 

[🏅Dooks]

Nothing like generating another recession to get the country out of debt and build a stronger Australia....

These clowns have no idea what they are doing

and the rusted on Liberal supporters can't see it.

 

rusted like a broken trailer

[tiga]

"A dingo took my government handout!" Boo hoo. Get a Job Hippies.

[1965]

"A dingo took my government handout!" Boo hoo. Get a Job Hippies.

Not sure how much of this Budget will pass the Senate.

The Libs are in chaos.

I hope Abbott is crazy enough to call an election.

Malcolm Turnbull must be loving this.

 

[🏅Dooks]

Crazy like a broken trailer

[Judge Roughneck]

"A dingo took my government handout!" Boo hoo. Get a Job Hippies.

Lots of jobs in Tasmania tree cutting and reef dumping in qld

Good work Tony 

[🏅Dooks]

should be a few senior jobs in Canberra by the end of the year 

[1965]

Class warfare.

Even I didn't think Abbott would be this bad.

Poorest families pay most in budget
 
May 22, 2014

Tom Allard
National Affairs Editor



The poorest 20 per cent of Australian families will pay $1.1 billion more into government coffers than the richest households as a result of the budget, highlighting the huge inequity in the government's four-year blueprint for fiscal repair.

New analysis from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) has crystallised how heavily the burden of budget consolidation has fallen on those less well-off, especially if they have school-age children.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/poorest-families-pay-most-in-budget-20140521-38p5m.html#ixzz32ODpCgxE

[Judge Roughneck]

Good to see the gears of the consumer capitalist paradigm grinding on

[Diocletian]

Good to see the gears of the consumer capitalist paradigm grinding on

Did you send that from your i-phone?