100 Days of broken promises, lies & deceptions

[boris1gary]

Well done LNP,

for the 123 broken promises, lies & deceptions

http://sallymcmanus.net/abbotts-wreckage/

http://theaimn.com/2014/03/28/tony-abbott-stuffs-it-up-again/

Cuts welfare payments to orphans of soldiers

Cuts hundreds of jobs at the CSIRO

 Reopens 457 visa loophole to allow employers to hire an unlimited number of workers without scrutiny

Pays hundreds of indigenous workers in his Department up to $19 000 less than non-indigenous workers doing the same job

and cuts the budget for the representative body the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples causing two-thirds of the staff to lose their jobs

Scraps food grants program for small farmers

Unemployment rate jumps to highest in more than 10 years

 Cuts the wages of Australian troops deployed overseas by almost $20 000 per solider

 Withdraws funding for an early intervention program to help vulnerable young people

Starts dismantling Australia’s world leading marine protection system . .

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[boris1gary]

but to be fair to monman12, there were graphs.

[boris1gary]

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@boris1gary wrote:

silverfaun, what is a rent seeker? Oh and I found the "Job Prospects" that you posted about but I don't think the Horoscope counts as news.

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never mind, I found out myself what a rent seeker is

Investopedia explains 'Rent-Seeking'

An example of rent-seeking is when a company lobbies the government for loan subsidies, grants or tariff protection. These activities don't create any benefit for society, they just redistribute resources from the taxpayers to the special-interest group.

rent seeker

rent seeker

[debra9275]

Just saying hello Boris 🙂


& those 457 visas really make my blood boil!

[just_me_karen]

Thanks for posting these broken promises from the dodgy abbott government. Is government the wrong word? I think it probably is. Anyway, keep up the good work.

It is excellent to have all their abject failures and breaches of trust in one thread.

[boris1gary]

Thanks, I will be posting some everyday - all at once would be a bit much, there are just soooooooo many.  

[boris1gary]

time for a few more.........

Introduces legislation to allow people aged between 17-24 years old to work for half the minimum wage and be exempted from all other work rights including health and safety laws and protections should they be injured at work – 26 February 2014  

Misleads the Australian public about what occurred on Manus Island when asylum seekers were attacked killing one person and injuring seventy-seven. Once the information was known to be untrue, waited five days to correct the record - 25 February 2014

Contravenes 113 years of established practice by moving to release the previous Government’s confidential cabinet papers to the Royal Commission into the Pink Batts scheme – 22 February 2014

Scraps food grants program for small farmers – 21 February 2014

The Federal Government has scrapped the $1.5 million Community Food Grants program.

The funding was announced last May by the former Labor government as a key initiative of the National Food Plan.

It would have seen money invested in projects such as farmers markets, food co-operatives and hubs, community gardens, and city farms across the country.

[boris1gary]

Almost forgot.

Repeals the pokie reform legislation achieved in the last parliament to combat problem gambling – 4 December 2013 

The repeal bills passed as part of a wider package of "social services" reforms, including removing the National Gambling Regulator, ATM withdrawal limits and a mandatory pre-commitment trial

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Proposed by Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, the changes also remove the referral of gambling issues to the Productivity Commission and poker machine regulation levies.

 Suspends the Wage Connect program, despite it being proven to deliver good outcomes for unemployed people – 3 December 2013 

 Axes funding to the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia, forcing the 46 year old organisation to close – 27 November 2013  

 Back-flips twice on Gonski, reversing a commitment to a ‘unity ticket’ and failing to deliver equitable education funding – 25 November 2013 

[just_me_karen]

Boris, tony promised he'd never spend as much as labor on advertising and marketing. In six months he has already spent more.

Keep posting 🙂

[monman12]

Selective memory above B1G: Some facts perhaps?:

2012

"Andrew Wilkie says Julia Gillard is in breach of a written agreement on gambling reforms."

Dec 2013

Backflip on Gonski backflip

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Education minister Christopher Pyne announce they will commit to the original funding of Gonski.

Chief of staff of  The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia  Alastair Furnival resigned two weeks ago following revelations about his role in taking down a healthy food rating website and his co-ownership of a company that had lobbied for the junk food industry

He might be inline for a couple of  open union positions or could work for the CMEFU. Perhaps not,  he has no criminal tendencies, only  those classed as possible misdemeanours.

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[monman12]

"never mind, I found out myself what a rent seeker is"

"An example of rent-seeking is when a company lobbies the government for loan subsidies, grants or tariff protection. These activities don't create any benefit for society, they just redistribute resources from the taxpayers to the special-interest group."

Chuckle.

Economics B1G?  In the below case the end loser has been the taxpayer and the car purchaser (public)

Which is exactly what  former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said: "Australia has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars to prop up an industry that has been unsustainable for decades, former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says. The car industry is estimated to have received a total of $12 billion in direct subsidies and protections over the past 20 years"

Perhaps the AMWU were actually protecting "us" when they refused to allow  Toyota workers have a say in their  future (none). however I do  doubt that.

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