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BrosephofArimathea posted:It ambles all over the place like Troy Buswell driving home. quote:"The bloke was dolled up to the nines and he clearly couldn't stand on his own two feet. He was taking up two lanes, nearly hitting everything on the side as well."
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Don't worry, they suggested that a separate tax review should maybe consider the $30b flowing to the rich in superannuation concessions whilst they went after Medicare, state assets and low-income earners.
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May 1, 2014 06:07
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lol, they want to sell the Australian Mint too
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May 1, 2014 06:09
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Nibbles141 posted:lol, they want to sell the Australian Mint too
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Endman posted:
Where would you go though? Isn't this wave of "economic rationalisation" unfortunately happening across pretty much all Western economies?
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I think they took "sell off anything that makes money" too literally. lmao
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schmen posted:Goddamn this country
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May 1, 2014 06:12
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Ragingsheep posted:Where would you go though? Isn't this wave of "economic rationalisation" unfortunately happening across pretty much all Western economies? Collective farm. Secede from Australia. Alternatively: Kill my are self.
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May 1, 2014 06:14
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The european middle ages was a pretty great time for all involved, none of this 'healthcare' or 'education' stuff.
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May 1, 2014 06:15
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Endman posted:Collective farm. Secede from Australia. Alternatively: Kill my are self. With no free/cheap drugs I think killing our are selves is going to be a very popular strategy.
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May 1, 2014 06:16
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if half of this stuff goes through and Tony gets a second term, gonna start recruiting for a communist party of queensland from those near the poverty line.
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May 1, 2014 06:22
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:With no free/cheap drugs I think killing our are selves is going to be a very popular strategy. Suicide for poors will be made illegal. Otherwise, Gina won't have enough people working her mines.
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May 1, 2014 06:29
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Can't loving wait for the next poll results
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May 1, 2014 06:30
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I wonder if there is still some free places at the Hutt River ProvinceMurodese posted:Can't loving wait for the next poll results
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May 1, 2014 06:33
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I think the best part, aside from shipping kids to the mines if they don't get a job as soon as they graduate, is cutting the HECS repayment threshold by 50% and then charging market interest rates. Because, as the US have shown us, a deregulated tertiary education sector and student loans are a brilliant combination. Also, you can't have state based income taxes. We sorted that one out seventy years back. Unless you wanna try and push that through a referendum. Ragingsheep posted:Suicide for poors will be made illegal. Otherwise, Gina won't have enough people working her mines. Until the Rhineheart-Abbott Suspension Bridge between Broome and Denpesar comes online. Nibbles141 posted:Can't wait to see if News Ltd dusts of those class warfare headlines NOT AGAIN: you won't believe what ten things Tony has cut this time! BrosephofArimathea fucked around with this message at 07:02 on May 1, 2014 |
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May 1, 2014 06:33
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Murodese posted:Can't loving wait for the next poll results LNP: 58% (+10) Suicide rates up 10% Conclusion, people vote LNP then kill themselves.
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May 1, 2014 06:36
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Can't wait to see if News Ltd dusts of those class warfare headlines
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May 1, 2014 06:40
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It is my opinion that they've hosed up tremendously badly here, and I'm not sure why they didn't avoid it. They pretty much perfected the art of "whatever gets said first is what people remember", and this is what people are going to remember for the next decade. First law of motherfucking holes, wat.
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May 1, 2014 06:41
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Murodese posted:It is my opinion that they've hosed up tremendously badly here, and I'm not sure why they didn't avoid it. They pretty much perfected the art of "whatever gets said first is what people remember", and this is what people are going to remember for the next decade. First law of motherfucking holes, wat. Libs recent strategy is to leak policy and then gauge public reaction. Most of the recommendations of this audit were already known, hell they stacked the panel to get it. They want to see what they can get away with.
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May 1, 2014 06:44
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They want it all, and they want it now or in six months when things have moved on. The LNP are going to be out if power for a generation when the GFC 2 hits. We might get a Roosevelt and a new deal but who knows.
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You Am I posted:I wonder if there is still some free places at the Hutt River Province I stopped there for a laugh a few months ago on the way back form Kalbarri. You can camp for a few bucks a night on his land with a powered site. I'm pretty sure he'd even make you up a passport if you wanted to become a "citizen" there. You could ask for a job as his driver or something, he has a pretty sweet Rolls Royce that he brags about to visiting tourists.
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May 1, 2014 06:50
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The point of having external commissions / reviews / inquiries / circle-jerks is so you have a bit of distance between you and the proposals, and so you're not obligated to follow any of them. It's not a new thing, and to some extent it's not even a bad thing. It's not like Rudd followed through on much of the 2020 conclusions or the Henry Tax review either. Though the State income tax stuff is a bit left field. I genuinely doubt that's something a lot of high-up Liberals want, even at the State level.
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May 1, 2014 06:52
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Nibbles141 posted:Libs recent strategy is to leak policy and then gauge public reaction. Most of the recommendations of this audit were already known, hell they stacked the panel to get it. They want to see what they can get away with. It's not like you ever ask for a report/commission/inquiry/whatever where the outcome isn't going to be what you want though....
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May 1, 2014 06:53
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-01/commission-of-audit-report-released-by-federal-government/5423556 posted:The commission says in its report that it has "not undertaken detailed costings of these recommendations" .... webmeister posted:It's not like you ever ask for a report/commission/inquiry/whatever where the outcome isn't going to be what you want though.... The Liberals in NSW sure learned that lesson.
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May 1, 2014 06:57
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Though the State income tax stuff is a bit left field. I genuinely doubt that's something a lot of high-up Liberals want, even at the State level.
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Ragingsheep posted:.... No detailed costings?  So the difference between this and the IPA wishlist is....
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May 1, 2014 07:04
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Ahahahaha there's literally a recommendation to cut the minimum wage, because then obviously the job creators can hire more
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May 1, 2014 07:05
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no no no, it's  contained , totally different to cutting it.
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WebDog posted:Unless they're preempting Labor returning to the other four states and want to have a knife ready to stick in. It's really hard not to see this as some petty act of revenge. It just seems to go completely the other way from things like Howard's GST, where the States handed over a lot of revenue raising power to the Feds. My girlfriend pointed this out too: Robert Garran posted:[On the 1934 constitutional conference]
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May 1, 2014 07:07
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If you want a vision of the future, imagine Amanda Vanstone stamping on a bulk billing clinic - forever.
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rudatron posted:no no no, it's Why contain it? S'cool.
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webmeister posted:No detailed costings? Holy poo poo what is the loving point of this if it's not even properly costed?
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rudatron posted:no no no, it's Contained all the way to $480 per week from ~$680 per week (according to Fairfax), totally different
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Kegslayer posted:Holy poo poo what is the loving point of this if it's not even properly costed?
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i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post
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Those On My Left posted:i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post Gotta vent somewhere.
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Jesus loving wept.Endman posted:Why contain it? S'cool. NOT EVEN THIS CAN CHEER ME UP Those On My Left posted:i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post Those On My Left posted:i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post Those On My Left posted:i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post Those On My Left posted:i have no loving idea how you guys retain the will to post
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I was informed last week I'll be retrenched on June 30. This budget and the general 'gently caress poor people' sentiment is really messing with my zen/hope-for-the-future thing.Keep posting peeps, knowing I'm not the only person who thinks we've jumped in a hand basket to hell is pretty comforting 
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