Quizz-Guess where IS Joe Hockey?

[fourandsixpants]

1st prize of $7 - cheque will be in the mail following award announcement to best answer..........*GO!

[katydidthat]

Joe has been found,
Alive and sound.
He wasn't being tricky,
Just having a sickie,
Back to the wall,
Avoiding the call,
"Resign you're hopeless"
He now awaits the poisoned chalice
Of backbench woes and ministerial malice.
And I confess, I'm pitiless.

[fourandsixpants]

eggsellent kate....Maaaaate!!

is this Joe pictured trying to leave Parliament House ?.......

[icyfroth]

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Mining tax repealed by the Senate

After a debate in the upper house that delayed the beginning of question time, the repeal legislation was finally passed 36 votes to 33.

The bill as amended still needs to be given the tick of approval in the House of Representatives, where the government has the numbers.

Labor attempted to filibuster and prevent the vote from taking place, accusing the government of trying to ram through the changes on little notice.

A triumphant Treasurer Joe Hockey informed the lower house during question time of the Senate's decision.

[fourandsixpants]

Have to admit that I am not crazy about taxes of any sort. The Mining Tax details were very 'fuzzy' in the media and I never doubted that PUP would have supported any Repeal.....I mean Clive Palmer is a billionaire miner fgs.

So. Another one bites the dust I guess. LNP do not win any brownie points from me though they have too much sticky mud on their hands and dirt under their finger nails.

As for Joey......is well enough it seems to take centre front stage AND the spotlight when it suits - or just a coincidence that his mystery illness has been cured? LOL

[boris1gary]

of course hockey was triumphant, we all know who he is working for and it ain't us. Why shouldn't these billionaires pay for taking our natural resources and most of the profit goes offshore, it works well in other countries and it could have been great for us as a nation. Our health, education and welfare could really use some more cash, but no, much better to give the ultra wealthy even more. Mining companies will continue sacking workers around Australia as they have been already even though profits are up, productivity is up and wages are stagnating they will continue to downsize their workforce. When the ALP wins the next election lets hope they can stand up against these greedy parasites and make sure that  the billionaires are made to contribute.

http://cfmeu.com.au/The%20Australian%20Resources%20Boom%3A%20Sharing%20the%20Benefits

From the CFMEU Mining Div., about the MRRT sept. 2013

A surge in profits generated during Australia’s decade-long mining investment boom has failed to deliver the long-term economic benefits Australians deserve, according to a new report into the economic benefits of the resources boom. 

The Australian Resources Boom: Sharing the Benefits by Graham Larcombe and SGS Economics and Planning shows that record mining company profits have far outstripped growth in resource taxes and royalties.

Meanwhile, the array of deductions available to mining companies leave them with a corporate tax rate lower than any other industry.

The wide-ranging report commissioned by the CFMEU shows that while the resources investment boom is winding down the production boom is still going strong.

The report finds: 
•    the share of industry income going to workers has fallen from 30% in 1990 to 20% now
•    mining industry cash flow after operating costs nearly doubled between 2006-07 and 2011-12
•    the royalty and tax regime covering mining is archaic, complex and inefficient
•    mining communities are lagging behind in social infrastructure and services, exacerbated by the growth in fly-in fly-out commuter workforces
•    mining hasn’t driven enough growth in other sectors of the economy like manufacturing 
•    a sovereign wealth fund could use proceeds from resources development to invest in long-term projects in the national interest.

[cherry*135]

This doesn't sound like a happy chappy.

"But Mr Hockey was said to have taken a dim view of the complaint and chose to attack Mr Barnett instead, declaring that WA was the worst performing government in the Commonwealth when it came privatising infrastructure."
( from boris' post above).

I think katy is on to it up there...with the word resign.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:
This doesn't sound like a happy chappy.

"But Mr Hockey was said to have taken a dim view of the complaint and chose to attack Mr Barnett instead, declaring that WA was the worst performing government in the Commonwealth when it came privatising infrastructure."
( from boris' post above).

I think katy is on to it up there...with the word resign.

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Am aren't you going to bring it to Katy's attention that Quiz has only one z?

[lightningdance]

Where is Joe???

He was doing his job, doing the job of getting rid of the mining tax. Thats what he said he’d do and thats  what he’s done.

Job well done Joe 

[imastawka]

Am aren't you going to bring it to Katy's attention that Quiz has only one z?

But......it's paintsew's thread

[icyfroth]

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@imastawka wrote:

Am aren't you going to bring it to Katy's attention that Quiz has only one z?

But......it's paintsew's thread

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Then paints has one z  too many. shame on her.