Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 6m 12d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 14/08/10 11:41 PM Share Posted 14/08/10 11:41 PM Good point Ian. If there is another economic downturn as is being experienced elsewhere, some of those wasted billions could have been put to work. Don't forget that Swann took over as treasurer with plenty in the bank. That's gone.My kids will be paying it of for years to come.Perhaps we should just borrow some more and fark the joint completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 10m 9d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 14/08/10 11:56 PM Share Posted 14/08/10 11:56 PM I will vote labour. as libs will stuff up my work again. I wont vote for a d**khead that calls my industry of work a pack of thugs and thieves.And if labor stay in power we will be broke and you want have a job so tony want be able to call yyou a thug.Would you rather to be a thug with a job or unemployed x thug (the thug bit is just using your words not calling you one as I dont know you)Labor has stuffed nsw,qld and now australia.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spic Donating Members 148 Member For: 16y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 15/08/10 12:34 AM Share Posted 15/08/10 12:34 AM All I can say is that a vote for Labour is a vote for the Greens and that scares the hell out of me. If Labour gets in NSW we can kiss the lovely Aussie past time of fishing goodbye!!Bob Brown wants us to stop fishing - but his research is flawed | The Daily TelegraphBob and his loonies scare the crap put of me and it never ceases to amaze me how they have been able to slowly but surey get their way. Don't get me wrong I'm all for conservation but please BASE IT ON SCIENCE. This whole marine park approach is nonsense, if they would listen to science and learn from other countries we would stop the professional fishing of our rivers the nurseries of the ocean.That my rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/08/10 02:06 AM Share Posted 15/08/10 02:06 AM go out into the real worldShe's from Altona...you dont get much more real than that...Funny how she's taking a tuff stance on asylum seekers given she's kind of one herself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny G Team Grandpa Qualified Donating Members 809 Member For: 20y 18d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane North. Posted 15/08/10 08:19 AM Share Posted 15/08/10 08:19 AM Interesting çomment about pay for the PM Buff.... The Lee family set up the Singaporean system so as the PM gets paid WELL - thinks it's about @$18Mill per year ATM - so (at their very attractive taxation rate) it a/ prevents corruption from occurring and b/ becomes hugely attractive for the real business brains of the country, not only the party fanatics adn wannabees. Your run of the mill politician also cracks a handsome Mill plus salary as well. And do they work hard to keep their jobs? You dam well bet your ass they do. Anyone that's been to Singers will know - that place runs like a Swiss watch. CAST YOUR VOTE FOLKS!!!! WE NEED A SAMPLE OF 200 BEFORE IT GETS REAL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/08/10 09:50 AM Share Posted 15/08/10 09:50 AM 60 Minutes, Latham, Couldn't agree more.Don't get me wrong I don't like the bloke but damn he hit the nail on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 16/08/10 04:32 AM Share Posted 16/08/10 04:32 AM After reading all this I can't believe that no one posting (or related to them) was stung by work choices? I work in the mines, and am a union member, so read into that what you may. But, Labor got a pay increase for the lower income earners, LNP barred it off, Labour is pushing for a 12% Super rather than the 9% we have now, LNP is gonna sh*t can that too. Look at how Abbott came into power, when the mining companies couldn't get their way with the federal gov on their $10B ambit claim over emissions trading, they instigated a revolt against Malcolm Turnbull, abbott is now the mining bosses puppet.Working for BHP/BMA, It's been a huge talking point at work. BHP, Rio, Xstrata all reached an agreement to pay the tax. Does anyone seriously believe that the 3 biggest mining companies in the world would agree to a tax if it was bad for business? Tony Abbott owes his leadership position to the Mining bosses, so they will be demand more industrial relations changes. So, he'll hand them back their $10.5B, and owe it to them big time if he gets ellected, and 'work choices' will be back on the agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EGOXRT Guests Posted 16/08/10 05:11 AM Share Posted 16/08/10 05:11 AM Bring back Hanson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 16/08/10 05:14 AM Share Posted 16/08/10 05:14 AM How exactly were you stung by workchoices?How did the LNP in opposition bar a wage rise? Sounds like propaganda to me. Lets talk about Gillard's award simplification (supposedly...it's an absolute fcken joke) and how casual employees NEVER get overtime any more provided they get the necessary meal breaks. Just in case you missed it NEVER. 100 hours in one week...tuff titties you're just getting an ordinary rate sucker. This is just one pathetic example of the 'simplified' award that I'm dealing with, there are many more stupid little glitches, no specified rates for apprentices as a classic example so most people are just guessing and hoping for the best. Yet all the unions are remarkably silent on this. Their members are getting ripped blind yet because it's a Labor policy then all is OK?I've always had personal views on unions and how I believed they were all a bunch of parasites, recently this has been unequivocally confirmed. They had a time and place where they did wonderful things for the country in terms of IR, but that time is long gone and they are essentially money laundering machines to support Labor election campaigns these days.60 Minutes, Latham, Couldn't agree more.Don't get me wrong I don't like the bloke but damn he hit the nail on the head.He is/was an a-grade knuckle shuffler but agree with his point of view. Even funny that he dragged the original ranger in to his interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 10m 9d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 16/08/10 06:11 AM Share Posted 16/08/10 06:11 AM agree tab the last job I did was you work the hours we need you to but as casual we dont need to pay over time just the standard rate.As for the miming companies 3 out of how many hundred mining companies have signed an agreement on the tax.what about the rest that's right they dont count and my understanding from someone high up in one of these companies they have not signed anything it is still up in the air.Julia gillard is lieing to the australian public again.IanPS dont get me started on unions as I have seen them destroy companies and when the workers get sacked they have left them to fend for them selves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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