Diary of our stinking Govt.

[boris1gary]

As it's more than 100 days now, it has been suggested that a new thread was needed.  The current govt has been breaking promises and telling lies at a rate so fast it's hard to keep up.

This below is worrying, "independent" pffft, as if your own doctor is somehow what? biased, it's ridiculous. So far there is talk of only including people under a certain age 30-35, for now. Remember that if your injured in a car, injured at work or get ill, you too might need to go on the DSP. They have done a similar think in the UK with devastating consequences.

and this is the 2nd time recently where the Govt has referred to work as welfare???? So when you go to work tomorrow (or tuesday), just remember that's welfare.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-20/disability-pensioners-may-be-reassessed-kevin-andrews/5400598

Independent doctors could be called in to reassess disability pensioners, Federal Government says

The Federal Government is considering using independent doctors to examine disability pensioners and assess whether they should continue to receive payments.

Currently family doctors provide reports supporting claims for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).

But Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews is considering a measure that would see independent doctors reassess eligibility.

"We are concerned that where people can work, the best form of welfare is work," Mr Andrews said at a press conference.

[fourandsixpants]

....all doing their bit while the pollies and their fatter mates in the big end of town get fatter and fatter and fatter........

[fourandsixpants]

It will be interesting to see what plans and policies they have to create new/more REAL jobs......not on graphs or numbers from a poll. 

As for even attempting to cut the minimum wage - well, they are in big trouble there Boris.

[monman12]

"It will be interesting to see what plans and policies they have to create new/more REAL jobs"

Perhaps "they" could start with preserving old jobs and prevent ideologically driven unions like the AMU obtaining an injunction preventing their Toyota members having a vote on their existence, which as a result is:  none

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[boris1gary]

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@monman12 wrote:

"It will be interesting to see what plans and policies they have to create new/more REAL jobs"

Perhaps "they" could start with preserving old jobs and prevent ideologically driven unions like the AMU obtaining an injunction preventing their Toyota members having a vote on their existence, which as a result is:  none

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thats pretty funny monman12, even Toyoto rejected that claim, by the way what Union is AMU?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-12/hockey-toyota-union-conditions-workers-cars-manufacturing/5254...

Toyota rejects assertion it told Joe Hockey that the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union was behind Altona closure

Toyota has rejected a claim that it told Treasurer Joe Hockey the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) was behind its decision to cease manufacturing in Australia.

[monman12]

Abbott budget to make Australia more unequal: economists
or perhaps:-

Abbott budget C&P posts unequal:

"Saul Eslake, the chief economist of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says it is “virtually impossible” to cut government spending in ways that do not disproportionately affect people on low to middle incomes.  I suspect at the margin [the budget] will adversely impact the equity of the distribution of income,” Mr Eslake said."

A standard C&P, and one that those inclined to selectively quote would be proud of, let me try ,  by adding another paragraph from the same C&P,  to balance things :

“[But] I wouldn’t overstate that, because some of the measures directed towards the top end – the deficit levy, and the tighter means testing – will work in the other direction.”

Oh gosh I wonder why that was excluded , and who would overstate anything?

As for the problem with graphs B1G I have a suggestion.   I earlier wrote:
"I searched your favourite C&P sites B1G, but no luck. Considering your last reference site: "The Australian Independent Media Network " authors comprise ":   Australian bloggers and citizen journalists",  I would suspect a simple linear   line graph might be somewhat complex for them,  and their readers."

Do you see the "answer"? The above is a C&P of my own material, perfect.   What you must do is become a "citizen journalist"  in The Australian Independent Media Network,  and then you can C&P your own material,  unless "own material" would be a problem, in which case source material from that other preferred site   "Independent Australia" would be as compelling,  and they might have a simple graph somewhere !.

Also under the headline but excluded for some C&P reason !
Generous tax cuts by the Howard and Rudd governments made Australia more unequal by undermining the tax system that corrects inequality, says Professor Whiteford, who works at the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy.

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[boris1gary]

another funny monman12, obviously the entire article is there for reading, that is what the link is for.

http://www.independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/who-really-runs-australia-the-miners-a...

The fossil fuel industry and who really runs Australia

The age of entitlement is over in Australia — except for the dominant fossil fuel industry and those rich enough to be able to buy political patronage. Deputy editor Sandi Keane reports.

Treasurer Joe Hockey urges all of us to “share the pain” for his confected “budget emergency”, but, sadly, 'sharing' isn’t in the fossil fuel industry’s playbook.

Big Carbon has always balked at sharing profits from Australia’s mineral wealth.

In stark contrast to Norway, where a mining tax of 78% has resulted in a sovereign wealth fund twice the size of its GDP, Australia’s effective tax rate for foreign multinational miners is a mere 13%.

Instead, whilst crying poor, the mining industry managed to stump up $22 million for an anti-tax campaign and, in 2010, bring down a prime minister — Kevin Rudd.

[monman12]

"Toyota has rejected a claim that it told Treasurer Joe Hockey the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) was behind its decision to cease manufacturing in Australia."

Fact

Toyota Australia president and chief executive officer Max Yasuda blamed the "unfavourable Australian dollar", high costs of manufacturing and low economies of scale."

"high costs of manufacturing"   Ask the AMWU about that,  and also  about their  court case designed to disenfranchise the Toyota workers with regard to them having a vote in their possible  future.

Selective C&P,  and now memory !

Toyota wished to poll Toyota workers  on a proposal to vary their workplace agreements. However the AMWU opposed the move.
Justice Bromberg upheld an injunction sought by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) preventing the vote from going ahead.

 Dec 2013, " Toyota sought to renegotiate key elements of the Award (the agreement regulating pay, leave and employment conditions) in place at its plant in Melbourne. Among 28 other variations, Toyota wanted greater flexibility to shorten the plant's annual three week shutdown over Christmas, claiming it often starved supply to Middle East markets and required expensive overtime to clear the backlog. The AMWU, which represents 90 percent of Toyota plant workers, objected to Toyota's proposals. The union claimed Toyota was "trying it on" and would not pull out of Australia, and on 12 December 2013 procured an injunction preventing Toyota's proposals being put to workers at a vote. (Justice Bromberg, who heard the issue in the Federal Court, described the injunction application as raising "interesting and complicated issues" even by the standards of Australian labour law)."
Feb 2014:  Toyota announces it would cease manufacturing in Australia.

The AMWU won the court battle,  whilst their members, the Toyota workers,  lost the battle, and their jobs.

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[fourandsixpants]

There's not often any justice found in court rooms.

Money talks in most secretive ways sometimes........

Corporations rule in the end then.

The only hope Australians have is to hope that ALL the politicians that we have voted for, in ALL areas of Govt honour our votes and put forward/support legislation that protects workers rights, entitlements and all importantly wages including penalties.

I for one am very interested to see if this present Govt honours the workers or the corporations regards to Industrial Relations and Workplace legislation.

Watch this space eh?

[fourandsixpants]

[monman12]

P007,  whether cigar  smoke or evil chemtrails,  the interpretation is the same, codswallop. However if it is cathartic that I understand and will allow you your self induced relief !

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