Sorry, have to disagree. Shorten is most self serving obnoxious P***K i have ever seen. His performance dating back to the Beaconsfield mine disaster, which is where i first took an instant dislike to him, has only ever been for Bill Shorten. He will extend the deficit to many hundreds of billions of dollars, exactly what will happen in Queensland.
You can't just keep giving "government money" actually my taxes, to people willy-nilly and keep expenses under control. People need to EARN what they are given - it should not be a "RIGHT".I hate personal debt, and i feel the same way about government debt. Labor put huge numbers of redundant people into jobs, at huge expense to consolidated revenue. So of course, the appropriate thing to do is get rid of dead wood. The social services is a crippling drain on any country, and people should be encouraged off it. Sweden was in dire straits and they have one of the most advanced social security systems in the world. They were forced to cut back. Communist Russia fell because of the same reason.
Abbott has done the main things he was elected to do. Stopped boats, got rid of the mining tax, and also, tried to make a start on getting rid of Labors crippling debt, blocked by a senate filled with idiots voted there by idiots who should not be allowed to vote, such as the "motoring enthusiasts" or "family first" or the Greens or PUP. Milne is thicker than two bricks, and Hanson Young would like to open Australia to the worlds terrorists!
Yes, i disagree regarding renewable energy policy of the current government, and have lobbied people with a view to doing something about this. However, all in all, the LNP is a whole better than the alternative, which QLD is going to discover at their cost. What magic pudding is Palas chook going to draw on in terms of funding for her non-policies?
Government should not be running businesses, but should ensure that essentials are open to genuine competition, which ultimately will keep prices down.
ALL Western politicians are beholden somewhere. That is the fault of the system, not individual politicians. In the USA, with enough money, you can buy your way into the White House.
Westconnect is a "green" initiative aimed at pulling cars off the road and allowing an easier commute for the residents of the West. It does not have to make perfect financial sense. It also employs people - they are not being given a "government handout". Not much different to the Snowy Mountains scheme.
Finally, ALL politicians of all political colours are beholden. Labor to the unions, which produce nothing except higher living costs for everyone with their incessant demands for pay rises making costs for labour so exorbitant that virtually all manufacturing is going overseas. At least the LNP is beholden to big business, who actually do provide jobs!!