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Clive Palmer says he will not seek re-election in the House of Representatives.
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:25 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 07:05 |
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Bye Clive bye bye
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:31 |
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Bye you insane dork. Thanks for opposing some of the more ridiculous measures in that Hockey budget that one time.
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:40 |
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Goodbye Clive Palmer! Goodbye! Goodbye Clive Palmer! Goodbye Clive! Goodbye!
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:41 |
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starkebn posted:Can we get Negligent on AirAsia? The budget is being sold by Newscorpse as 'a safe pair of hands'. That may be enough to doom the hopes for a change of government. So a few more terms of unintentional transgressive humour? Sign me the gently caress up.
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:42 |
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Budget offers no credible path back to surplus, Institute of Public Affairs says A leading free market think tank has lashed the Turnbull budget, saying it offers no credible path back to surplus and has permanently entrenched big government. The executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), John Roskam, sent an email to members last night saying "the size of government will have grown by nearly 10 per cent in the course of just over a decade". "That's unsustainable. That heads us down the path of European-style economics," he wrote. "If Labor win the election the situation will be even worse." Mr Roskam said he had received phone calls and emails from IPA members worried about what would happen to their superannuation. "It's not just that the Government is increasing taxes on superannuation," he wrote. "What will really concern people are the retrospective changes to superannuation taxes that will hit people already in retirement. "In some cases retirees will have to go back to what they did in 2007 to calculate their tax liability. "The IPA always has and always will be opposed to retrospective legislation. It is disappointing the Coalition is creating such a dangerous precedent." The institute is highly influential in right-of-centre politics and its attack on the Government will unsettle some in the Coalition and amplify the sense of disappointment they feel about the direction of the party under Malcolm Turnbull's leadership. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/budget-offers-no-credible-credible-path-back-to-surplus-ipa-says/7382316
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:44 |
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Brayds2006 posted:Goodbye Clive Palmer! Goodbye! Goodbye Clive Palmer! Goodbye Clive! Goodbye!
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# ? May 4, 2016 01:46 |
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To Greens advocating no Labor over Liberals due to their mutually disgusting refugee policies the emphasis i'd like to make is that its "mutual". Theres no benefit to preferencing Liberals as they are the worse end and have the same policy. It's similar to when people wouldn't vote Green because they opposed nuclear power, when both major parties did as well, or that ACT micro animal party preferencing Libs ovee Greens because Greens endorsed a kangaroo cull, when the Libs did too. Don't act against your own interests or the overall betterment out of spite.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:13 |
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Just crunched the numbers on the Government's decision to freeze Medicare rebates for another 2 years. This means that bulk billing GPs will not have got a pay rise for eight years by 2020. The additional cost of the 2 years will hit the average GP for about $14,000 a year and the average full time GP by about $20,000 a year. This is on top of the losses they will already incur from the freeze up until 2018. This is a clear signal from Government to bulk-billing GPs that their business structure won't be viable in the future and that they should start charging a co-payment. Labor and Greens really need to fight to get GPs paid, otherwise we can kiss universal health care goodbye.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:25 |
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I'd preference Libs over Labor if the Labor person was a NSW right fuckwit, and the Lib was not completely repulsive. Small probability, but possible.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:26 |
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My heart goes out to the poor doctors doing it tough on $200,000 a year. Might have to skimp and get an Audi instead of a Porsche SUV.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:31 |
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But they're not going to do it tough, they're just going to start charging more. There isn't that many bulk billing doctors these days anyway.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:32 |
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Negligent posted:My heart goes out to the poor doctors doing it tough on $200,000 a year. Might have to skimp and get an Audi instead of a Porsche SUV. They have to pay all the costs associated with providing care. Rent, staff costs, equipment costs and huge insurance costs. Also they spent nearly a decade becoming fully qualified and they do it for about half of what other medical specialists get paid.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:33 |
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The AMA is also the best resourced union in Australia so why are you fighting their battles for them
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:37 |
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I do find that even the gap charge doctors in my area are still very reasonable and will let me go through as a bulk billing patient if I'm just in for something very quick like a script refill or referral update.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:42 |
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Where in the gently caress are people finding bulk billing doctors? I have to drive 10km just to find one that 'only' charges $65 for a consult, and I have to do my own application to medicare to get anything back.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:43 |
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Kat Delacour posted:I do find that even the gap charge doctors in my area are still very reasonable and will let me go through as a bulk billing patient if I'm just in for something very quick like a script refill or referral update. Yeah, I've never not been bulk billed for either of these two things.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:44 |
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Because I don't agree with everything the AMA does? The best way to curb health costs would be to move specialists away from fee-for-service to a salary. this would stop the temptation of specialists from doing unnecessary procedures. One unnecessary knee arthroscopy costs the equivalent of a bulk billing GP seeing over 100 patients. If it was just GPs getting screwed, I wouldn't be upset. But this is an attack on the idea of universal health care, which has been shown to be the most efficient type of care. Its cheaper, more effective and patients have the highest level of satisfaction when you have a strong primary care system.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:44 |
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Attacking GPs will increase the load on hospitals (due to patients not visiting GP due to lack of bulk bill and letting preventable conditions worsen) and probably end up being a lot more expensive in the long term.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:47 |
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But think of the short-term savings!
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:50 |
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Endman posted:Attacking GPs will increase the load on hospitals (due to patients not visiting GP due to lack of bulk bill and letting preventable conditions worsen) and probably end up being a lot more expensive in the long term. Exactly, its completely arse backwards approach to health. I just saw that they have kept the prescription medicine cost increase on the books even though Ley has said that it wouldn't happen.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:50 |
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The public health sector should have known better and donated to the Liberal party
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:50 |
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Lid posted:To Greens advocating no Labor over Liberals due to their mutually disgusting refugee policies the emphasis i'd like to make is that its "mutual". Theres no benefit to preferencing Liberals as they are the worse end and have the same policy. Is there anybody actually advocating this? It only looks that way in the auspol SA thread because there are a few diehard labor supporters (who get poo poo on endlessly for supporting a terrible party) but no liberals.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:50 |
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QUACKTASTIC posted:But think of the short-term savings! In the short term people will avoid paying a co-payment by visiting the local ED, clogging up waiting times and costing the system 10 times that of GP visit.
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:51 |
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ModernMajorGeneral posted:Is there anybody actually advocating this? It only looks that way in the auspol SA thread because there are a few diehard labor supporters (who get poo poo on endlessly for supporting a terrible party) but no liberals. the last real lib left after we donated to a charity I've seen dumb people advocate for it before
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:54 |
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QUACKTASTIC posted:But think of the short-term savings! Yes, the savings... Delimiter posted:Budget 2016: NBN Co is running out of money
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:57 |
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Freudian Slip posted:In the short term people will avoid paying a co-payment by visiting the local ED, clogging up waiting times and costing the system 10 times that of GP visit. Co-payment for EDs then, think of the short-term savings!
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# ? May 4, 2016 02:58 |
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Mr Chips posted:Where in the gently caress are people finding bulk billing doctors? I have to drive 10km just to find one that 'only' charges $65 for a consult, and I have to do my own application to medicare to get anything back. Brunswick Betta Health It's good for vaccinations and med certificates. Wait times can suck, but if you're taking a sickie and get in early it's not bad.
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:02 |
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someone please inform thread about Turnbull on Jon Faine re: housing (I'm on a phone)
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:03 |
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Clive should run for senate , politics needs more weird billionaires in it
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:07 |
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Freudian Slip posted:
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:08 |
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Would Clive run for #2 spot senate in WA to raise the profile of the party and get Dio Wang back in as a puppet
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:33 |
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Birdstrike posted:someone please inform thread about Turnbull on Jon Faine re: housing (I'm on a phone) quote:Malcolm Turnbull [to Faine]: Are your kids locked out of the housing market? Yes and what about kids whose parents can't afford to do that? The Before Times fucked around with this message at 03:49 on May 4, 2016 |
# ? May 4, 2016 03:47 |
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Birdstrike posted:someone please inform thread about Turnbull on Jon Faine re: housing (I'm on a phone) John Faine asked about how will young people pay for housing with no changes to the tax structure, Turnbull's dismissive response was that parents should help out their children.
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:54 |
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I'll just call my dad and ask him for a small loan of a million dollars.
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:55 |
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Wow
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:59 |
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Liberal Party Recipe for Success: 1. Be born to rich parents 2. Get a well paying job
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# ? May 4, 2016 03:59 |
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Marrying into money is also acceptable
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# ? May 4, 2016 04:01 |
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Didn't Hockey say the same thing about education and was mauled for it? Why the gently caress would Turnbull think that was a good thing to say? Bill Shorten is going to be PM.
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# ? May 4, 2016 04:05 |
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Didn't Hockey say the same thing about education and was mauled for it? Why the gently caress would Turnbull think that was a good thing to say? Hockey said something like "get a good job that pays well" as advice to first homebuyers
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