Julia Gillard unveils $1 billion jobs creation plan

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made a pitch to blue-collar workers, unveiling details of the Government's new $1 billion jobs package.

The legislation is designed to improve the benefits Australian companies see from large-scale projects undertaken in the country. Ms Gillard says concerns have been raised that major projects undertaken by multi-nationals tend to lean towards using international suppliers and importing material and equipment.

Under the plan, large companies will be required by law to give local firms the opportunity to bid for contracts before they are sent offshore. "When there are projects worth more than $500 million, they will need to have an Australian industry participation plan," Ms Gillard told a press conference in Melbourne. "They will need to look to how they can involve Australian businesses and create Australian jobs in what they do." Ms Gillard says the plan is designed to keep the local manufacturing industry competitive despite the high Australian dollar and other economic pressures. "I believe that modern Australia can have a great blue-collar future," she said. "We can continue to be a manufacturing nation, we can be a nation in which people make their living through blue-collar jobs that aren't intermittent or insecure or low paid, blue-collar jobs that are highly skilled and highly paid. "But we aren't going to get there by accident. We have to make sure that we shape that future."

A series of new manufacturing precincts will also be established to develop new products and skills to break into new markets. Industry and Innovation Minister Greg Combet says the precincts are a key part of the plan. "A lot of our research effort in Australia is pure research and a lot of great research has been done," he said. "But we don't perform well by international comparisons in commercialising the research effort that we make in this country. "And I think one solution to that is to get industry far more active in directing the research effort we have." The Government predicts the plan will inject $1.6 billion into the economy. Ms Gillard says the plan will be funded by removing a tax concession for big businesses. "Bigger businesses currently benefiting for a special research and development tax advantage will be forgoing that advantage," she said. The national secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Paul Bastian, says the jobs package largely reflects what it has been campaigning for. "We're now going to have in legislation that any project worth more than $500 million in this country will be required to have an Australian industry participation plan to show how those projects are giving our manufacturers the opportunity to bid on a fair and reasonable basis for work," he said. "That is a big tick for us."

followed by the usual negative fud from liberal's mirabella

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and when some talk about truth and honesty it's ROFL stuff ...ie; Mr Abbott 

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Lightningdance wrote:A transparent ploy you use time & again.

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possibly the wrong description . bigots is more accurate.

so am I a bigot because I believe in Liberal ideologies?

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I think the point perhaps is that if others don't it doesn't mean that they are insane, on drugs, drunk, stupid, confused , bitter ,have half a brain ,are blind etc etc 

[lakeland27]

so am I a bigot because I believe in Liberal ideologies?

 what ideologies? :^O the use of fear ? or would that be the proliferation of untruths ? giving to the rich by robbing the poor maybe.. they have no firm base.. no sound doctrine at all.

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FGS - it was a term of speech - why does everything have to be made into such a big drama?

[lakeland27]

too late icy .

[monman12]

JMK: "Mm perhaps comment after you've read the politcy"

The government announced that restricting research and development tax breaks for businesses with turnovers of over $20 billion would actually deliver (might would be a better term)  $1 billion in savings over four years.
The resources super tax was going to deliver $2 billion in revenue each year, was!

'Two of the spending programs included in the package had already been announced and funded - the $236 million industrial transformation research program and the $29.8 million for manufacturing technology innovation centres. A third, the $378 million Venture Australia venture capital fund is viewed as an equity fund and is therefore off-budget.'

"Calculations of exactly the same measure for the business tax working group found it would raise at most $200 million a year - and only when fully operational. Government sources said the business tax working group calculations were based on 2009-10 company tax returns, when businesses were still recovering from the global financial crisis.
The higher revenue calculations in its jobs package were based on more recent company tax data." Hopefully not mining companies!

Actually the $1 billion jobs package (over 4 years) only spends an extra $421 million on new job creating measures and delivers the government a handy $600 million to help its stretched federal budget.

Young's  Modulus of Elasticity  is certainly in play here.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul springs to mind, or is that just a revived Swan song!

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 what ideologies? :^O the use of fear ? or would that be the proliferation of untruths ? giving to the rich by robbing the poor maybe.. they have no firm base.. no sound doctrine at all.

Lakes - I'm old school, eh?

I was bought up to learn that the Liberals looked after the interests of the small business owner - the Nationals looked after the farmers and ther Labor folk looked after the workers and unions etc.

I like the ideologies of capitalism where in theory you get what you work for - and the harder you work, the more opportunities you explore, then the greater rewards are yours.

To me that makes sense.

If I study hard - I get good grades - if I train hard - I get good results - If I work hard and do whatever it is I have to do to acheive my goals, than I like the idea that I reap the rewards. if that means I have to work harder than someone else to achieve the same thing, than so be it. But if I work harder or employ more initiative, ingenuity than someone else of similar ability to mine and they reap the rewards of my hard work - it kinda makes me a bit cross.

Yesterday, right here on these boards - I was told that because I was not dependent on welfare that I wasn't entitled to use the medicare system, public schooling and am probably expected to also only watch Pay TV.

The more I work, the more money I pay in taxes and it peeves me no end that people think they are entitled to benefit from my efforts whilst doing nothing to improve their own situation apart from look for where the next government hand out comes from.

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Yesterday, right here on these boards - I was told that because I was not dependent on welfare that I wasn't entitled to use the medicare system, public schooling and am probably expected to also only watch Pay TV.

Where did this happen ?