Geoffrey, I think you areTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:11PMIn reply to You're All A Bunch Of Fairies! : Geoffrey, I think you are right and I suspect that Gillard and the ALP are currently taking credit? for the Pollution levy which has been hammered out with some help from Combet despite where Labor stands on the issue. Ineteresting the body language of Combet at the presentation and the absence of the real architects Christopher
Edit - Steve Fielding - notFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:35AMIn reply to Can A Bunch Of Greens Take Canberra? : Edit - Steve Fielding - not Fred Nile - one can only hope!
Good on you Joe and fairFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:35AMIn reply to Can A Bunch Of Greens Take Canberra? : Good on you Joe and fair enough too. I may go the Sex Party route myself.
PR No we’re not and noMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn reply to When The Wild West Whinges : PR No we’re not and no they don’t by a long chalk. It is a fact that WA does in fact get benefits separate to their perceived contribution to the Commonwealth. Clearly neither you or Frank can understand the fact that WA does get it’s fair share of the total national pot all things considered. unfortunately old mate, while it may seem that it would be ...
I seem to recall Jane JacobsMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn reply to When The Wild West Whinges : I seem to recall Jane Jacobs arguing for, or at least point out the advantages of, cities (generalised, geographically closely connected economies) having independent currencies and floating exchange rates, allowing for the stablisation of inflation and interest rates independently of other cities that would otherwise share the same currency. The exchange ...
Frank, you are one of theMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn reply to When The Wild West Whinges : Frank, you are one of the few who ‘get it’. The cheese has been moved. Will you stay in the same place and starve? Will you move, with all the dangers of the unknown, yet be brave, and reap the rewards? Either the rest of Australia accepts that Canberra is the rear and the North West of WA is the new ‘face’ - or WA will have no choice but to go it alone ...
Ben I don’t think Stevek11Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn reply to When The Wild West Whinges : Ben I don’t think Stevek11 was commenting on the tax mix. Simply that the minerals do, as a matter of law, belong to the states. They didn’t agree to give them to the Commonwealth when the Constitution was formed. Specific taxes are a backhand way of stealing property that doesn’t belong to you. Imagine if the Commonwealth Govt introduced the 25%pa Ben ...
However PR, don’t know ifMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:35PMIn reply to When The Wild West Whinges : However PR , don’t know if we can wait for 2014 …. you might have to jump anyway! Australis ever … and proud.
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