@boris1gary wrote: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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They are doing an excellent job of all those things, the voters must be thrilled!
@lurker17260 wrote:
But weren't we told the other day they are doing exactly what they were elected to do?
well since they never really said what they would do bar the odd 3 word slogan and the pamphlet, who knows. Although I don't remember any mention of ruining the economy but it could have been in some kind of code. Looking back, Hockeynomics was a rather big clue.
I saw 100 days and thought: B1G mentioning what the ABC recently published, never. I was correct.
ABC
Government marks 100 days since a boat arrived in Australia's territory.
The Opposition said it was too early to "proclaim victory", but welcomed the reduction in boat arrivals. (I bet that hurt B1G)
Now a Sunday pink catharsis , to be followed by that well known hymn Kumbaya, I do understand a day of vent.
The trouble with posts B1G is that after a while, with some posterers, one tends to not believe what they write, even if they do themselves. In many cases the belief stems from a lack of research, avoidance of unpalatable facts, or selective memory. So here are some repeated facts apropos 457 visas and unemployment figures which you seem keen to mention occasionally sans background??
“In the same month that saw the release of the worst unemployment figures in over a decade.....'
Not that the ALP's head office, the ACTU, would present a selective statement or have an axe to grind, would they?
Figures can be fun, when the Poor Me and Rudd circus commenced, the unemployment rate was 4.5%, when they were finally kicked out of the ring it was 5.8%.
"worst unemployment figures in over a decade": OK, here is an interesting graph that covers a period " of over a decade" Note the trends:-
As for 457 visas, interesting trend also for the Poor Me and Rudd circus performance times !
With an average annual base salary of $94,000, the average 457 visa holder sits comfortably above the 75th percentile of Australian full time salaries."
I have noticed that amongst those working under 457 visas that there is not a category for trade union officials or spin doctors, probably because the visas are issued to skilled workers, without criminal convictions.
PS
You can now add Thomson and Williamson to the unemployed ranks, long term !
