Where is the Ministry for Science?

[i-need-a-martini]

What about Innovation? Research? Ageing?

Or even Tourism?

And how come Arts gets lumbered in with the Attorney Generals busy portfolio?

Yet Border Protection gets it's own ministry rather than falling under the obvious category of Defence. An entire ministry for a handful of people that apparently aren't going to be coming here anymore?

[**meep**]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

You know what?

And you take Rupes words for the truth while laughing at those who read a variety of sources.

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oh no, not at all.   i was laughing at that particular "independent information alternative"

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What do you feel qualifies you better to comment than the writer?

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Objectivity

Did you read "Tony's Women"?  I mean, come on...

Although, I did learn Julie Bishop wears Armani.  I always wanted to know what she wore.

[jethro_woolfe]

Western Australia has been stripped of its AAA credit rating by a global credit ratings agency which lowered its rating to AA+.

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's says the downgrade has occurred because of declining revenues and a blow-out in the state's debt.

It is the first time in a decade that WA has not had a AAA credit rating, and Premier Colin Barnett has conceded he bears some responsibility.

"What role did the government play in this downgrade?" he asked.

"The only thing I can say is maybe we're guilty of trying to do too much too quickly, maybe we need to slow down a little bit."

Mr Barnett has foreshadowed drastic budget measures to try to get the credit rating back up, including the potential sale of state assets.

The illusion of : 'Better Economic Management' seems to have died today. with all they have, the Barnett liberals have tripped up.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-18/wa-loses-aaa-credit-rating/4965982

[fourandsixpants]

....maybe off topic but saw Barnett's name ment'd on here in this post.....WA teachers and education workers are striking tomorrow morning because this premier has decided to get rid of 5,000....yes, that's FIVE THOUSAND education jobs thoughout WA......you can bet your sweet bottoms that a majority of these jobs are 'science' based.

This Lib policy **bleep**e really has a rank smell to it......cut.....cut......cut 

[freakiness]

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@the*f*word wrote:

awww freaky, it's the internet, you're not meant to take any of it seriously, it's just marks on a screen, although you get to see em faster than most cos you've got NBN!

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haha, you can't seriously think that murdoch rags produce better researched material than some of those who publish online.

Have you ever checked the qualifications of some of the online writers?

It's still obvious that the mockers did not read the particular article.

[freakiness]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

You know what?

And you take Rupes words for the truth while laughing at those who read a variety of sources.

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oh no, not at all.   i was laughing at that particular "independent information alternative"

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What do you feel qualifies you better to comment than the writer?

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Objectivity

Did you read "Tony's Women"?  I mean, come on...

Although, I did learn Julie Bishop wears Armani.  I always wanted to know what she wore.

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Actually, all you are displaying is a complete lack of objectivity.

[*crikey*mate*]

but that doesn't make sense beccause a whole heap of funding has just been rolled out for schools to improve their science facilities. So maybe cuts in science for those schools who didn't take on the opportunity and are now not meeting standards of the new National Curriculum?

Even though we don't have a Science ministry, it is still one of the major areas on the new curriculum. They can't prevent acccess to the curriculum and by eliminating science staff this would severely restrict that access.

[fourandsixpants]

....from what I have seen from past Lib Govts, saying 'CAN'T' to any of them, either state or federal is like waving a red flag at a bull - one with no brains

[izabsmiling]

Catmad , this re your post back there about Australia being a sponge.I can't reply and quote this morning...things are a bit glitchy or they are for me in any case I think our flooding rainS (2010/2011), combined with our weather temporarily halted rises ocean rises .Rises were happening before and have continued to do so since from what I can understand from reading full articles (I admit some of the headlines are quite confusing/misleading) ? http://www.news.com.au/travel/australia/australia-sucks-up-oceans-waters-sea-levels-study-shows/stor... http://www.livescience.com/39140-rain-paused-sea-level-rise.html

[izabsmiling]

I can't open that to edit those links. not sure why/how they are together in the post.

[**meep**]

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@freakiness wrote:

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Actually, all you are displaying is a complete lack of objectivity.

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I'm not.  I didn't automatically dismiss your suggestion to read the article from that website.  I looked at the political content before I posted my reaction.  http://theaimn.com/category/politics/