ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 02/09/07 10:44 PM Author Share Posted 02/09/07 10:44 PM My wages bill is not $20k. This is wages+ lost earnings + holiday pay I need to pay my staff to be on call for our interstate clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/09/07 10:56 PM Share Posted 02/09/07 10:56 PM In addition to that, you have to ask yourself what's the alternitave to Howard?Rudd is in support of the APEC meeting, and would have done the same thing (as it seems with all of his latest policies, "I'll just do what the Liberals are doing" seems to be his new slogan).You got itKevin Rudd leader of the AlternateL iberal Party...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOWDOWN BACK SLOWER THEN EVER! Member 706 Member For: 17y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/09/07 12:49 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 12:49 AM Trade can also be discussed over Video Conference Calls. When we buy almost 70% of stuff from China why are we talking to the rest of the world. We can't even sell Australian Made to Australian People. Also By giving the day off to everyone aren't they giving the opportunity for more people to vent the anger at these protests?Ozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_Turbo Member 236 Member For: 17y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: Central QLD Posted 03/09/07 02:41 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 02:41 AM It's one day.. get over it.. every primeminister would have done the same thing..Thank him and his chums because you can have a business, you can drive the car of your choice. If anyones to blame, blame the chumps who riot and make all this security necessary.Can't have your cake and eat it too.. setup your shop in indonesia or somewhere.. see how lucky you are there.. at least you won't have all the world leaders there once every 22 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/09/07 03:06 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 03:06 AM I reckon its friken great, Jade is coming down to see me on Friday now, instead of Saturday!I LOVE APEC! and any other excuse for a public holiday....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/09/07 04:08 AM Author Share Posted 03/09/07 04:08 AM APEC runs for a whole week, it is just the world leaders who are here from Friday (except GWB) who arrives on Wednesday at an additional cost of $17million.While it will be nice to have an extra day off, I am just annoyed it is for such a pointless excercise and I am left with the bill.I can guarantee that the only Worldwide Media coverage will be of protester getting beaten by cops with the harbour bridge in the background. We will not gain anything by having APEC hosted in Sydney, only inconvience and damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/09/07 05:13 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 05:13 AM Sorry mal, im only sh*t stirring.......but it will be good to see Jade earlier! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 03/09/07 05:37 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 05:37 AM I like it because it means I get to fly home to Perth for the long weekend instead of staying in Sydney again But yes I do feel sorry for businesses, I saw how quite a lot of places will be severely affected especially by the road blocks..etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmo Member 245 Member For: 17y 5m 12d Gender: Male Location: Rockingham, W.A Posted 03/09/07 05:45 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 05:45 AM what do u do for a living Zap F6? to cause so much extra money to be paid out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac450 Member 1,650 Member For: 18y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 03/09/07 06:01 AM Share Posted 03/09/07 06:01 AM APEC runs for a whole week, it is just the world leaders who are here from Friday (except GWB) who arrives on Wednesday at an additional cost of $17million.While it will be nice to have an extra day off, I am just annoyed it is for such a pointless excercise and I am left with the bill.I can guarantee that the only Worldwide Media coverage will be of protester getting beaten by cops with the harbour bridge in the background. We will not gain anything by having APEC hosted in Sydney, only inconvience and damage.I understand your frustration completely, but while you're angry now, blaming little Johnny is misplaced. It would have happened regardless of who is in power.We all know the media coverage will be all about the professional troublemakers (protesters), but the Sydney setting is as much to impress the attending leaders as anything else. Do you make your invited guests sit in your spare/storage room or somwhere nicer?The disruptions are all due to the trouble makers, of which 99.99% whould have no clue what their protesting about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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