Just one of these problems should be enough

[lightningdance]

Te disastrous spectacle  of chaos & dysfunction we are confronted with every day is frightening.

Just one of the catastrphic failures should be enough for the independents to call no confidence in this parliament but no, we see a mortally wounded PM & her party limp along vainly trying to make it to the finish line.

The FOI stonewalling on McTernan 457 visa rort

The carbon tax destroying jobs is just now being spoken about

The abortion attack Gillard made an election issue has been dropped

Imported African violence & terrorism rearing its ugly head in WA.

The left wing AGE newspaper openly calling on Gillard to resign

The Bill Shorten weasel words who won't tell the truth of his position

The unthinkable notion that Rudd should be handed back the PM'ship

The border protection failure.

Any one of these things should have been enough to make any decent thinking politician re think their support for Labor but the 2 "so called" independents are still hanging onto their miniscule amount of power.

It's time for Labor to call the election now, end their agony & the agony they have visited on Australia.

[***super_nova***]

Actually, unemployment is pretty steady and there are many achievement of this government:

Compiled by John Lord in an article called "Judging Gillard and the Labor Government"
Quote: "ALP achievements/bills since they came to office in 2007.

• NBN (the real one) – total cost $37.4b (Government contribution: $30.4b)
• BER 7,920 schools: 10,475 projects. (completed at less than 3% dissatisfaction rate)
• Gonski – Education funding reform
• NDIS/DisabilityCare
• MRRT & aligned PRRT
• Won seat at the UN
• Signed Kyoto
• Signatory to Bali Process & Regional Framework
• Eradicated WorkChoices
• Established Fair Work Australia
• Established Carbon Pricing/ETS (7% reduction in emissions since July last year)
• Established National Network of Reserves and Parks
• Created world’s largest Marine Park Network
• Introduced Reef Rescue Program
• National Apology
• Sorry to the Stolen Generation
• Increased Superannuation from 9 to 12%
• Changed 85 laws to remove discrimination against same sex couples
• Introduced National Plan to reduce violence against women and children
• Improvements to Sex Discrimination Act
• Introduced Plain packaging of cigarettes
• Legislated Equal pay (social & community workers up to 45% pay increases)
• Legislated Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme
• Established $10b Renewable energy fund
• Legislated Murray/Darling Basin plan (the first in a hundred years of trying.)
• Increased Education funding by 50%
• Established direct electoral enrolment
• Created 190,000 more University places
• Achieved 1:1 ratio, computers for year 9-12 students
• Established My School
• Established National Curriculum
• Established NAPLAN
• Increased Health funding by 50%
• Legislated Aged care package
• Legislated Mental health package
• Legislated Dental Care package
• Created 90 Headspace sites
• Created Medicare Locals Program
• Created Aussie Jobs package
• Created Kick-Start Initiative (apprentices)
• Funded New Car plan (industry support)
• Created Infrastructure Australia
• Established Nation Building Program (350 major projects)
• Doubled Federal Roads budget ($36b) (7,000kms of roads)
• Rebuilding 1/3 of interstate rail freight network
• Committed more to urban passenger rail than any government since Federation
• Developed National Ports Strategy
• Developed National Land Freight Strategy
• Created the nations first ever Aviation White Paper
• Revitalized Australian Shipping
• Reduced transport regulators from 23 to 3 (saving $30b over 20years)
• Introduced NICS – infrastructure schedule
• Australia has moved from 20th in 2007 to 2nd on OECD infrastructure ranking
• Awarded International Infrastructure Minister of the Year (2012 Albanese)
• Awarded International Treasurer of the Year (2011 Swan)
• Introduced Anti-dumping and countervailing system reforms
• Legislated Household Assistance Package
• Introduced School Kids Bonus
• Increased Childcare rebate (to 50%)
• Allocated $6b to Social Housing (20,000 homes)
• Provided $5b to Support for Homelessness
• Established National Rental Affordability Scheme ($4.5b)
• Introduced Closing the Gap
• Supports Act of Recognition for constitutional change
• Provided the highest pension increase in 100 years
• Created 900,000 new jobs
• Established National Jobs Board
• Allocated $9b for skills and training over 5 years
• Established Enterprise Connect (small business)
• Appointed Australia’s first Small Business Commissioner
• Introduced immediate write-off of assets costing less than $6,500 for Sm/Bus
• Introduced $5,000 immediate write-off for Small Business vehicles over $6,500
• Introduced Small business $1m loss carryback for tax rebate from previous year
• Legislated Australian Consumer law
• Introduced a national levy to assist Queensland with reconstruction
• Standardized national definition of flood for Insurance purposes.
• Created Tourism 2020
• Completed Australia’s first feasibility study on high speed rail
• Established ESCAS (traceability and accountability in live animal exports)
• Established Royal Commission into Institutional Sexual Abuse
• Established National Crime Prevention Fund
• Lowered personal income taxes (Ave family now pays $3,500 less p.a. than 2007)
• Raised the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200
• Australia now the richest per capita nation on earth
• First time ever Australia has three triple A credit ratings from all three credit agencies
• Low inflation
• Lowest interest rates in 60 years (Ave mortgagee paying $5,000 less p.a. than 2007)
• Low unemployment
• Lowest debt to GDP in OECD
• Australian dollar is now fifth most traded in the world and IMF Reserve Currency
• One of the world’s best performing economies during and since the GFC
• Australia now highest ranked for low Sovereign Risk
• Overseen the largest fiscal tightening in nations history (4.4%)
• 21 years of continuous economic growth (trend running at around 3%pa)
• 11 years of continuous wages growth exceeding CPI
• Increasing Productivity
• Increasing Consumer Confidence
• Record foreign investment
• Historic levels of Chinese/Australian bilateral relations

• First female Prime Minister
• First female Governor General

• First female Attorney General."

[lightningdance]

You keep endlessly posting this scroller but sorry,  everyone has stopped listening & believing  & this does not relate to the topic.

[just_me_karen]

I love that list. It's a shame the Labor party doesn't use it more often. Thank you for posting it.

5% unemployment is close to what economists consider full employment. That's because there are others like lightning out there...and some who are unable to work for one reason or another.

[***super_nova***]

You keep endlessly posting this scroller but sorry,  everyone has stopped listening & believing  & this does not relate to the topic.

Of-course it relates to te topic.  You claim that the government has done nothing right, well these are just the few things they do and are doing.

While here three things at which Tony has been unquestionably successful:

1. Understanding that he has scrutiny free pass from the mainstream media and so feeling no compulsion to release policy or costings.


2. Whipping up hatred, fear and anxiety in the population.


3. Removing policy from the agenda and lowering the standard of our political discourse to that of schoolyard bullying.

[lightningdance]

Your post does not refer to the topic. I also did not state anywhere in my post that the gov has done nothing right.

Please refer to the topic if you want ot participate.

[lightningdance]

-->While here three things at which Tony has been unquestionably successful:

1. Understanding that he has scrutiny free pass from the mainstream media and so feeling no compulsion to release policy or costings.


2. Whipping up hatred, fear and anxiety in the population.


3. Removing policy from the agenda and lowering the standard of our political discourse to that of schoolyard bullying.

Your 3 points are an hysterical surmise  that have no basis in fact, truth or deed.

If you want to denigrate the opposition try facts instead of spin.

[poddster]

Nove thank you for compiling that list.

Most of what is on the list are either failures, expensive white elephants, future promised that can not and will not be delivered, and a lot of smoke and mirrors.

If that is a list of proud achievements I would hate to see a list of non achievements.

[nero_bolt]

Yep Julia and labor are going so well and doing such a great job and the Australian public love them... NOT  

So if according to the last few remaining labor true blue rusted on voters they are doing such a great job why is this happening.

Labors primary vote at a HUGE 29%  and the polls saying this

Newspoll: 58-42 to Coalition

BludgerTrack: 56.5-43.5 to Coalition

Why if labor has done such a  great job are they heading for political oblivion on Sept 14?

Great read this PDF.. well not great if you are one of the few remaining labor voters

The Little Book Of BIG Labor WASTE

You can read The Little Book of Big Labor Waste here: http://lbr.al/cm13

Anyway labor voters keep on living in hope as thats about all you have left with this disaster that is the modern day labor party.. September 14  is  only 84 days away and the Australian public will rid them selves of the worst govt in our history 

[newstart2380]

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Compiled by John Lord in an article called "Judging Gillard and the Labor Government"
Quote: "ALP achievements/bills since they came to office in 2007.

• NBN (the real one) – total cost $37.4b (Government contribution: $30.4b)
• BER 7,920 schools: 10,475 projects. (completed at less than 3% dissatisfaction rate)
• Gonski – Education funding reform
• NDIS/DisabilityCare
• MRRT & aligned PRRT
• Won seat at the UN
• Signed Kyoto
• Signatory to Bali Process & Regional Framework
• Eradicated WorkChoices
• Established Fair Work Australia
• Established Carbon Pricing/ETS (7% reduction in emissions since July last year)
• Established National Network of Reserves and Parks
• Created world’s largest Marine Park Network
• Introduced Reef Rescue Program
• National Apology
• Sorry to the Stolen Generation
• Increased Superannuation from 9 to 12%
• Changed 85 laws to remove discrimination against same sex couples
• Introduced National Plan to reduce violence against women and children
• Improvements to Sex Discrimination Act
• Introduced Plain packaging of cigarettes
• Legislated Equal pay (social & community workers up to 45% pay increases)
• Legislated Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme
• Established $10b Renewable energy fund
• Legislated Murray/Darling Basin plan (the first in a hundred years of trying.)
• Increased Education funding by 50%
• Established direct electoral enrolment
• Created 190,000 more University places
• Achieved 1:1 ratio, computers for year 9-12 students
• Established My School
• Established National Curriculum
• Established NAPLAN
• Increased Health funding by 50%
• Legislated Aged care package
• Legislated Mental health package
• Legislated Dental Care package
• Created 90 Headspace sites
• Created Medicare Locals Program
• Created Aussie Jobs package
• Created Kick-Start Initiative (apprentices)
• Funded New Car plan (industry support)
• Created Infrastructure Australia
• Established Nation Building Program (350 major projects)
• Doubled Federal Roads budget ($36b) (7,000kms of roads)
• Rebuilding 1/3 of interstate rail freight network
• Committed more to urban passenger rail than any government since Federation
• Developed National Ports Strategy
• Developed National Land Freight Strategy
• Created the nations first ever Aviation White Paper
• Revitalized Australian Shipping
• Reduced transport regulators from 23 to 3 (saving $30b over 20years)
• Introduced NICS – infrastructure schedule
• Australia has moved from 20th in 2007 to 2nd on OECD infrastructure ranking
• Awarded International Infrastructure Minister of the Year (2012 Albanese)
• Awarded International Treasurer of the Year (2011 Swan)
• Introduced Anti-dumping and countervailing system reforms
• Legislated Household Assistance Package
• Introduced School Kids Bonus
• Increased Childcare rebate (to 50%)
• Allocated $6b to Social Housing (20,000 homes)
• Provided $5b to Support for Homelessness
• Established National Rental Affordability Scheme ($4.5b)
• Introduced Closing the Gap
• Supports Act of Recognition for constitutional change
• Provided the highest pension increase in 100 years
• Created 900,000 new jobs
• Established National Jobs Board
• Allocated $9b for skills and training over 5 years
• Established Enterprise Connect (small business)
• Appointed Australia’s first Small Business Commissioner
• Introduced immediate write-off of assets costing less than $6,500 for Sm/Bus
• Introduced $5,000 immediate write-off for Small Business vehicles over $6,500
• Introduced Small business $1m loss carryback for tax rebate from previous year
• Legislated Australian Consumer law
• Introduced a national levy to assist Queensland with reconstruction
• Standardized national definition of flood for Insurance purposes.
• Created Tourism 2020
• Completed Australia’s first feasibility study on high speed rail
• Established ESCAS (traceability and accountability in live animal exports)
• Established Royal Commission into Institutional Sexual Abuse
• Established National Crime Prevention Fund
• Lowered personal income taxes (Ave family now pays $3,500 less p.a. than 2007)
• Raised the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200
• Australia now the richest per capita nation on earth
• First time ever Australia has three triple A credit ratings from all three credit agencies
• Low inflation
• Lowest interest rates in 60 years (Ave mortgagee paying $5,000 less p.a. than 2007)
• Low unemployment
• Lowest debt to GDP in OECD
• Australian dollar is now fifth most traded in the world and IMF Reserve Currency
• One of the world’s best performing economies during and since the GFC
• Australia now highest ranked for low Sovereign Risk
• Overseen the largest fiscal tightening in nations history (4.4%)
• 21 years of continuous economic growth (trend running at around 3%pa)
• 11 years of continuous wages growth exceeding CPI
• Increasing Productivity
• Increasing Consumer Confidence
• Record foreign investment
• Historic levels of Chinese/Australian bilateral relations

• First female Prime Minister
• First female Governor General

• First female Attorney General."

Blah, Blah, Blah and you have rose coloured glasses on.