Life is much better under Labor after all, says study

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The Gillard government oversaw the smallest increase in cost of living of any Australian government for at least 25 years despite the introduction of the carbon tax, a new study has found.

Moreover, Australian households have seen real incomes - disposable income minus cost of living increases - rise 15 per cent since just after Labor took office, giving the average household a $5324 a year boost, or $102 a week.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/life-is-much-better-under-labor-after-a...

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they always have been Gill .

I saw some MP (? Chris Pyne) saying something about the number of under a certain age  (he included those under 17 /18) who are 'unemployed' and when questioned and told that we are keeping kids in school longer now...he said that apparently these teens told them that they were looking for full time work ...minimum school leaving age is 17 Nationally isn't it ?'

They may be on a benifit as students ...if they are being counted as unemployed youth ....that's not correct to do so is it ?

[*crikey*mate*]

You can leave school earlier than 17.

[izabsmiling]

Gill , are  you able to tell us what it is that you believe each Party will do to assist those people ? 

[carls*world]

I used to be good at maths.

Obviously I'm not any more.

Since my income has risen a staggering 4% in 4 years, my rent has risen 15% in those same 4 years, my electricity has risen over 20% in those 4 years, not a single thing I purchase on a regular basis has reduced in price, and somehow that adds up to more disposable income in my pocket.

[lakeland27]

look forward to even less, unless you can find a wealthy woman who's about to give birth .

[catsnknots]

I can tell you that the problems up North are not caused by the floods.... 

In fact it is because of the floods that many unemployed builders and labourers are actually able to scrape up some work... if it wern't for those disasters then we would be in a much more concerning situation. The roads recovery program has also given many unskilled workers jobs... 

Businesses that I know are on the verge of bankruptcy are not the ones in town but the ones in mining towns. They were not flooded... they were strangled the day after the CO2 tax and the Mining Tax were introduced. 

So please don't go putting falsehoods down as facts... 

[catsnknots]

Also I would like to point out that up here the unemployment rate has always been less under a Coalition government and higher under an ALP government. 

[izabsmiling]

I remember reading some time bacl (? last year) that  businesses in some mining towns have trouble keeping staff (as the workers get more pay at the mines), that some are missing out on businesses due to workers being FIFO rather than permenant residents and cost / availability of housing in some areas as well .Locals who don't work at the mines in some areas ....can not afford to live there.Is that the case in some areas ? Did it used to be that there used to be some sort of an agreement that mine owners helped/contributed in some way to keep the towns alive .

Cats Back, farmers here (in Victoria) may have been emplying fencing contractors ...after floods and fires  ...they lost their businesses which take time to build up though ....so did shop owners etc etc

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catma d*2013 wrote:

Also I would like to point out that up here the unemployment rate has always been less under a Coalition government and higher under an ALP government. 

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Is that Counting (or not) students who may be studying .. and may now even be receiving 'Youth Allowance' while they are studying ?

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

Businesses that I know are on the verge of bankruptcy are not the ones in town but the ones in mining towns. They were not flooded... they were strangled the day after the CO2 tax and the Mining Tax were introduced. 

So please don't go putting falsehoods down as facts... 

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Sorry, but that made me laugh.

Are falsehoods only OK when they come from the LNP side?

strangled? day after mining tax?