UPDATE JUNE PART TWO
ILL
INFORMED AUSTRALIANS!
It is
quite evident when you read the following letter to the editor of the Daily
Telegraph, which was published on Thursday May 19, 2005 that many urban
Australians are ill informed by courteous of the black out media, as is the
letter writer Greg Graham, Artarmon.
UNGRATEFUL
COUNTRY COUSINS
I am sick
of hearing farmer’s whingeing about how they deserve even more handouts from
tax payers. Why is it their God given
right to receive financial assistance from the rest of us?
I’m a
Farmers
say they are indispensable, therefore we need to keep propping up their
chronically failing businesses. But
there will always be people and organisations willing to step in and make a
pretty penny from the land when family farms fail, without the need of
government help.
As for drought, it comes with the
territory. We are still here after 200
years, so get over it. Save in the good
times so that you’ll be able to ride out the bad. I would cut all assistance to farmers forth
with and offer them an allowance while they find new jobs.
One of our
Colleagues Phil Tzavellas has been given permission to respond to the aforementioned
letter.
Mr Greg
Graham from Artarmon, is the perfect example of a “brain dead apathetic
Australian” in failing to realise that the best city in the world is
Mr Graham
instead of criticising those down on their luck, why don’t you get off your
backside and do something useful like calling for a Transaction Tax. We could reduce the GST from 10% to 1 ½% on
every cash and electronic transaction.
Everyone will have to pay this Transaction Tax including those Foreign
Multi- nationals who have paid little or no tax since 1953 under the Menzies
“Dual Reciprocation Tax Agreement.”
All
Federal, State and Local Government Taxes, Levies and Excises
would be abolished. This would reduce
fuel prices to less than 50 cents a litre.
The Federal Government would amass more than double their annual budget
which will allow them to implement a better Health, Water, Education and Road
infrastructure for our children and grand children. This won’t be a case of the rich get richer
and the poor get poorer, it will be a case that all Australians will improve their
lot including Australian businesses as there will be no reason for pay rise
disputes re: the Transaction Tax Benefits.
TURNING
OUR BACKS ON FARMERS IN NEED
I cannot
believe the arrogance of Greg Graham (“Ungrateful country cousins,” Letters May
19). It’s bad enough now that we have
food imports threatening our farmers taking over our supermarket shelves, let
alone letting more go to the wall because their farms are turning into
dustbowls. Perhaps past farming methods have made things worse, but farmers are
changing. What are we going to do let
our country die because we’re too tight to help? We should be doing more to encourage people
back on the land so that we, as a nation, can become completely self-
sufficient.
I live in
the country, where we rely on rainwater for all of our domestic use and
fortunately we do not have to earn a living from our bit of land. We know what it’s like to see storm clouds
build up and blow away to see our small property turn to dust. Imagine what it’s like to see your livelihood
blow away. And really, when was the last
time there were good times on the land?
Daily
Telegraph “Letter” Friday May 20, 2005 - Vena Moore, Keinbah
Greg
Graham claims all he does is pay taxes out while receiving nothing in return,
but does he have access to heavily subsidised public transport, water, medical
facilities and entertainment venues, most of which the tax paying country
cousins miss out on?
When the
City needs help fighting fires or cleaning up after storms, where do the
volunteers often come from? I seem to
hear a lot of whingeing from Sydneysiders about water, sewage pollution,
motorway tolls and property taxes. When
the breeding stock is gone no crops are planted and food prices are creating
inflation and higher wages, let’s see how you feel. Droughts are planned for, but natural disasters
(five years of drought) are not. We all
chip in to help where we can.
Daily
Telegraph “Letters” Friday May 20, 2005 - Steve Bullock, Armidale.
FARMER’S PLIGHT IS NEVER ENDING
Greg Graham
(Letters May 19) says farmers are ungrateful and should have all assistance
cut. I would like to inform him that
most farmers have been suffering drought for four or five years, some seven. When a farmer has a “good” year the first
thing he does is replace some ageing machinery.
A new tractor costs about $200,000 and a new harvester $500,000. Then he repays some of his overdraft.
If he is
lucky enough to have a second “good” year, there are more machinery buildings
and fences to maintain etc, and also keeping the bank manager happy. It has been a very, very long time since
anyone can remember a third “good” year in a row.
As a
businessman who says he pays tax does Mr Graham know what it’s like to be a
businessman who has nothing to sell?
Nothing to sell equals no income.
No income means no capital to invest in stock.
After five
years the bank manager usually has had enough and won’t give any more. After the sale and the bank is paid back
there are not many pretty pennies left.
As for the drought, we know that greenhouse emissions, ozone depletion
and climate change are resulting in southern
The
implications are higher evaporation rates, lower soil moisture reserves and increased
frequency/severity of drought. I can
tell you this, it’s not the farmers’ tractors that make Australia the second
highest carbon emitters in the world behind the U.S. Artarmon is such a
beautiful smog free area, isn’t it?
Lastly Mr
Graham, unless you don’t like milk, beer, wine and other foods, wool or cotton
clothes, you better hope this drought ends fast. When our reserves run out and there are no
farmers left (because they went broke providing for you) we will import the
lot. “A loaf of bread $10, a litre of
milk $12, a schooner of beer $8, a T-Shirt $120.
Daily
Telegraph “Letters” Saturday May 21, 2005 - Warren Charlton, Narara.
RURAL REALITY
Greg
Graham who wrote about “ungrateful country cousins “ (Letters may 19) clearly
misunderstands the true meaning of the effect this seemingly never ending
drought has on skilled, self employed rural businesses. How long would he cope with going to work
seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, paying all business running costs (plus
additional costs created by the drought) and supporting his living expenses as
normal, then collecting no pay? Do this
for a minimum of three consecutive years and then let us know how financially
stable your business remains.
This is
the reality of owning and running a business in rural
Our land
is normally highly productive and self sufficient, yet research on current
weather conditions shows that our average rainfall during the productive season
is the same as rainfall in the
Daily
Telegraph “Letters” Monday May 23, 2005 - Carol Russell, Barellan.
Farmers
are very much a part of the country lifestyle where I and many others choose to
live. They work long and hard, are
tireless and committed and often live thankless lives. How do I know this? It’s simple: I take the time to meet and talk with these
people: I see their working hands, their
tired and weathered faces, and hear the commitment in their voices.
Farmers
aren’t looking for more handouts what they are seeking is support to allow them
to put produce on Australians table and help the local and export economy.
All walks
of life are linked to this industry produce fuel, manufacturers, machinery,
clothing and of course food. So if Government
and we as the people do not support farmers then we will have nothing to whinge
about when the cost of living increases.
Daily
Telegraph “Letters” Monday May 23, 2005 - Fiona Rossiter,
THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY ERRORS IN POSTAL VOTING
By Mark
Davis Political correspondent in the Australian Financial Review – Wednesday
May 18, 2005.
Thousands
of voters were affected by blunders by the Australian Electoral Commission
(AEC) in the administration of postal voting in last years Federal election,
according to evidence gathered by a parliamentary inquiry.
A
confidential report by law firm Minter Ellison on the problems with postal
voting is also believed to have identified a series of errors and management
failures by the AEC and QM Technologies, the contractor used to print and
distribute ballot papers to postal voters.
The
emerging evidence of the extent of the failures in postal voting in the 2004
poll will increase political pressure on the AEC to reverse its recent policies
of seeking efficiency gains by centralising operations previously carried out
at the local electorate level, such as distribution of postal voting packages.
Members of
Federal parliament’s joint standing committee on electoral matters have been
surprised by widespread complaints from voters, especially in rural
Queensland
Liberal Party Senator George Brandis told AEC officials during one of the
Committee’s hearings that the evidence showed extensive systemic failure” in
the administration of postal voting.
The AEC
said in a written submission the delays in processing postal votes reflected
problems with contract management.
It said it
was implementing recommendations from Minter Ellison, which it called in to
provide an independent report on the problems,
But the
AEC asked the committee to treat the 139 page Minter Ellison report. Inquiry into postal voting administration
in the 2004 election, as confidential because it contained commercial material
and material that might damage the reputation of the AEC’s contractor.
QM
Technologies, a Brisbane based printing and mail house funded by local
businessman Neville Morgan, had the main contract for preparing and
distributing postal voting packages.
CMR CHAOS, MAYHAM AND RUIN MANAGEMENT’S WORK IS DONE!
– NEXT!
What
happens when a management team is responsible for massive losses and failed
management systems? Well if it is the
NAB Bank the agency head and the chairman of the board do the right thing and
resign. They detected where the problem
was and declared publicly that they were at fault. That is credible and ethical conduct of
agency governance.
In Customs
the CMR project has been so mismanaged that no commencement date can be guessed
at – let alone set. Now it is revealed
that the Australian Customs Service (ACS) is $100 million in the red and still
counting.
This is
public money. CMR has had to have an
extra $43 million injection and $30 million has been stripped from internal
activities. More costs are accumulating.
Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee
hearing on 16 February 2004 raised more questions than it provided
answers. It was revealed that Customs management
don’t know where money is being spent.
They don’t seem to have a budget for the costs of various projects. Unbelievable!
Mr Jeffrey –
Senator, can I attempt to explain it this way.
When we went to government we estimated that we should have a short
fall. We sought and received a $43
million cash injection. We also made
undertakings to make internal savings, which we have already outlined.
At the end
of the day we identified cost pressures, which are the ones we have explained
to you, but we did not allocate the funds as such by saying, ‘this goes to
that: this goes to that.’ What we were
saying was, ‘As we get to the end of the year we will need funds of this order
to pay the running costs of the organisation,’ but without allocating them.
We
identified what the pressure points were but without saying. ‘There is $2.3 million to go CCF and there is
$1.2 million here.’ We were saying:
‘this is what it is going to cost us this year, we believe, on our best
estimate. This is, in a gross term
within our budget, what our shortfall will be.
To meet these costs we need the figures that we have just outlined to
you.’ We did not and have not split it
up…..
Senator Mark Bishop – So the
government has given you $43 million cash and you have got to save $27 million,
and you only generally know that you are going to allocate it to particular
pressure points. I just do not accept
that…..
This is an
unacceptable management practice.
Clearly the Government now agrees.
Apparently the Government has required an unprecedented audit of ACS
accounts. It is inconceivable to have
any budget that doesn’t allocate funds for each class of expenditure. That is budgeting. But not in Customs. Yet despite this mess nobody is held to
account. How is that possible?
Another
extract: Mr Woodward (to the Shadow Minister of Customs) – can we go back to
where we started. You added up $100
million worth of pressures and we said that we had $30 million roughly that we
had funded internally.
But do
management suffer? No! As usual it is the staff. First there is the cut in overtime so
officers have to work harder because any shortfall in staffing is not
supplemented by staff on overtime.
Then
management has a grand plan to save money.
Sack up to 300 officers. The CEO
has admitted that Customs has ‘downsized’ by about 150 up till January. But they want to get rid of up to 300
officers before the end of the financial year.
This is not because there are surplus staff it is to make up for
management bungling and mishandling.
Later in
the hearing the CEO was asked questions about an officer passing important
information to the CEO about another matter.
The CEO responded, I cannot recall who the officer was, but I can
certainly recall that there was guidance that was provided to us. I have said that I am perfectly happy to
follow up with something in writing on that particular issue.
Senator Mark Bishop – So you
had verbal advice from an officer of your department whose name you cannot
recall, that you are not to give evidence to this committee on Customs matters
that your own department acknowledges it was involved in, that is rules of
origin and intellectual property… Followed shortly thereafter with, I have
never heard a greater load of rubbish in my entire life, Mr Woodward.
What the
Senators do not know is that keeping nothing on paper is standard operating
practice – F01 enquiries indicate that Senior Officers keep no records of
selective important matter/matters are only conducted “orally” even with the
Minister and the AGS. Why would they
bother to keep records to report to the Shadow Minister?
This
article appeared as item 4 in the Summer Edition of 2004, in the Customs
Officers Journal.
AGEING AND LONGEVITY CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT
‘HELD HOSTAGE’
Free Trade
is a myth!
Globalisation
is a confidence trick developed by the
World
Powers are treating the Earth like a toxic Dump! Unless they’re prepared to save the
environment, ageing issues will become irrelevant!
That’s the
gospel according to Dr David Suzuki, guru of the world environmental movement
and a world authority on ageing.
Dr Suzuki
is no fan of U.S. President George Bush.
Nor does he call Australian Prime Minister John Howard a mate.
“Your
Prime Minister and George Bush are holding the environment hostage,” he told
me.
“They’re
not better than terrorists.”
When I met
Dr. Suzuki in
Both
After all
he and his Suzuki foundation had spent years lobbying world powers to have it
ratified. He agreed to meet me for an
exclusive interview hours before he gave the conference keynote address. His message was simple: Unless we’re prepared
to save the environment ageing issues will become irrelevant.
“How can
we talk about a healthy body when we’re treating the earth as a toxic dump?” he
asked. He believes world leaders have
their priorities wrong and claims they’re obsessed with the economics of an
ageing world when they should be questioning the principles of globalisation.
“It’s
being used to destroy Earth.” We should
remember global economies are first driven by profit. They’re run for the good of private
enterprise, not for the good of the people.
“No one
ever asks what is a Nations economy for?
If they did they’d have to answer:” ‘for the good of the local people.’
“We should
be protecting local industries and agriculture.” Let me give you an example, when George Bush
became U.S. President he imposed tariffs on imports of Canadian timber imports
of Canadian agricultural products.
He wanted
to safeguard American industries. The
principles of globalisation and the concept of Free Trade went down the
drain. There was no level playing field
any more. It didn’t suit the
Dr Suzuki
was animated preaching his favourite sermon.
He advocates old style protectionism and believes nations should protect
their local industries, their local agriculture and close their economies to
imports. “Each nation should be looking
after its own interests and its own people first,” he said.
He
maintains globalisation is driven by western demand. “Second and third world countries wouldn’t be
raping natural resources if the advanced world didn’t demand the products,” he
said. Western demand is driving
development and it can’t continue. We
are the model the developing world uses to keep its economies growing.
If
Your
Barrier Reef is in deep trouble. The
World is on a merry go round of madness.
Remember when we used to be able to swim in our rivers? These days they are nothing more than
cesspools. Dr Suzuki paused, but only
momentarily.
“
“In future
they’ll just have to do without,” came the reply. “Australians should take a leaf out of the
Aborigines ‘book and eat bush tucker.
You’ve got to get back into balance with the world. You’ve got to get back into balance with
nature. Minders moved to wind up the
interview…but Dr Suzuki wasn’t finished yet.
He blasted western world leaders for being obsessed with the economics
of an ageing world. He slammed people
obsessed with living longer. He also
criticised scientists obsessed with the search for a key to longevity.
“The real
question we should be asking ourselves is why we want to extend human life when
we don’t have a useful role for our older citizens.
Dr Suzuki
said the world’s real obsession should be finding a useful role for older
citizens in a new world order.
“We must
give them a meaningful place in the 21st Century,” he said.
“The world
hasn’t come to terms with that proposition yet.”
Dr David
Suzuki is a world renowned geneticist, academic and broadcaster.
He is a
geneticist who graduated with a BA Honours in biology and a PhD in Biology.
He is
Emeritus Professor University of British Columbia, sustainable Development
Research Institute.
Recognised
as a world leader in sustainable ecology, he has received the UNESCO Kalinga
Prize for Science, the United Nations Environment Program Medal and the Global
500.
Dr Suzuki
has hosted the program The Nature of Things in
He now
dedicates himself to crusades selling the importance of the natural world and
heads the David Suzuki Foundation.
Source:
THE AUSTRALIAN SENIOR – MAY 2005.
By Michael
Gawenda in
Twice in
the past week, the Bush administration has announced quotas on some Chinese
textiles, bowing to claims from Congress and US manufacturers that tens of
thousands of jobs are at risk from a flood of Chinese imports since global
quotes expired in January under WTO agreements.
And for
the first time this week, the Administration publicly argued China’s currency policies
were distorting world trade and were a serious threat not only to China’s
economy but too much of the rest of the world.
Treasury
Secretary John Snow on Thursday named a new special envoy, Olin Wethington, to
lead the drive for the Chinese Yuan to rise in value against the dollar, saying
it was “critical” for
“Sentiment
in congress is decidedly anti-China, decidedly,” Mr Snow told a steelmakers
conference in
“We wanted
to give them some time on the currency issue.
In the next few months, we will be at the beginning of a process toward
a floating currency exchange rate like we have in the
the
reimposition of quotas on Chinese clothing imports and the tough and
threatening currency talk reflect the growing pressure on the Administration
from Congress to “do something” about the growing trade imbalance between the
two countries.
It also
reflects deep concern among some members of Congress about
Record
And as
long as the Chinese peg the Yuan to the U.S. dollar, any decline in the dollar
devalues the Yuan and adds to the flood of cheap Chinese textiles.
The
Administration has been quietly negotiating for several years on currency, with
But the
pressure on the Bush Administration in recent months has been intense, and this
week it has taken the significant steps of both imposing quotas on some imports
and warning
The
Administration stopped short of such a move, which would have made it easier
for Congress to impose sanctions of
“Failure
to act will be looked upon as justification for labelling them as a
manipulator,” Mr Snow said. “We don’t
want that to happen because the furies of Congress will be visited upon them.”
But he did
not support moves by Congress for trade sanctions, saying: “I shudder to think
how markets would react if they saw the
Chinese
officials reacted to the quota announcements by saying that the
As for its
currency, a spokesman said
Sources: Weekend
Edition Sydney Morning Herald – May 21-22, 2005.
UNQUALIFIED AND OVER – PAID
We are amazed that the majority of Australians believe
their elected member, whether it be Federal, State or Local Government is
qualified to control our Country, our State or Shire.
It amazes us that the highest proportion of elected
members served their apprenticeship through their local kindergarten, Local
Government, (Councils or Shires).
A good example of a National sell out is the manner in
which the Australian Labor Party (ALP) betrayed their rank and file by allowing
professionals such as Lawyers and Doctors to infiltrate their party ranks. In fact over the years many of these elected
representatives were sympathetic to Liberal Party Policy but were astute enough
to realise that being elected into Federal or State Parliament was more
expedient via the ALP.
Three good examples of unqualified leaders include NSW
Labor Premier Bob Carr who was an average journalist who knew the history of
the American Civil War.
It was reported that a long time John Howard adviser
who was being lauded with a retirement party by his colleagues when, making his
farewell thank you speech, reflected that the Prime Minister admitted to him
when he first entered the political scene that he had a better chance of
success in this field of activity then as a legal man.
Last, but not least Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone
when Minister of Justice and Customs 21 months prior to September 11, successfully moved an Amendment to prevent
Federal Custom Officers from intercepting unidentified aircraft or suspicious
boats over or in Australian waters for the purpose of searching for illegally
imported goods, i.e. Drugs, Guns, Flora, Fauna or People. To this day the black out press have failed
to avail this information to the Australian public.
It has just been brought to our attention that the
Howard Government surreptitiously slipped through Parliament a deletion of
section 232 (a) of the Customs Act, “Collusive Seizures.” It read, who ever: being an officer of
Customs or Police makes any agreement not to seize goods liable to forfeiture
shall be guilty of an indictable offence and shall be liable to imprisonment
with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding 5 years.
This section was amended by deletion through the
Criminal Code Amendment Act 2000, and came into force on May 24, 2001. The net result of this amendment means that a
Police or Customs Officer can turn a blind eye to the presence of, for example
a ton of heroin and not guilty of any offence.
We would hope that this amendment wasn’t implemented to protect Federal
and NSW Ministers and their Bureaucrats from the relevant agencies who were
guilty of allowing breaches to the Australian Constitution Section 109:
“Inconsistency of Law:” and the indictable offences committed under the Federal
Customs Act re: the Carr NSW Labor Governments invalid and illegal legislation
to license the Kings Cross Trial Injecting Centre allowing registered addicts
to inject Heroin and Cocaine which are illegal imported substances. Link >>>> Invalid Drug Laws.
AUSTRALIANS BETRAYED!
Australians have been betrayed by successive
Governments regardless of their political persuasion. Post Second World War it began with the
Menzies’ “Dual Reciprocation Tax Agreement,” which was implemented in 1953 to
encourage Foreign Multi-Nationals to invest in
The following links will expose the political
white-anting of
Link >>>> “Lima
declaration”
Link >>>> Update
June 2004
Link >>>> Update July 2004 –
B1-Partisan
POLITICAL AGENDA INTRODUCED NEO – LIBERALISM TO
The greatest betrayal of the Australian Public was the
sale of our Airlines and the “Peoples Bank” the Commonwealth by Messrs Hawke
and Keating which added to the burden when they deregulated the Banks in
1985-86. Not to be outdone, the Howard
Liberal – National Coalition after defeating Keating went on to partially privatise
Telstra (49%) sold the entire Sydney Airport and introduced the Grab and Snatch
Tax (GST). This was supposed to bring a
halt to the black economy but instead it is flourishing “bigger, better then
ever.”
If this is not enough we’ve had successive State
Government privatising our tollways in exchange for road infrastructure. The NSW Carr Labor Government Cabinet is
exploring the idea of offering several retail partnerships agreements in a
predominantly Government owned NSW electrical industry. They are hoping to entice investors such as
Origin Energy Power, AGL and American Power Companies into NSW to fund new
power infrastructure.
Deregulation and the full sale of Government utilities
by both Federal and State bodies is stripping Australians of profitable assets.
At such an extent that as our National Debt blows out alarmingly to immense
proportions, we are placing ourselves into the impossible position of ever
repaying the debt. It is worth noting up
to May 2005, Australia has recorded 41 consecutive Trade Deficits and now that
our last line of defence the Federal Labor Party crossed the floor of both
Houses of Parliament and supported the Howard-Anderson Coalitions U.S. –
Australia Free Trade Agreement which is very lopsided in favour of the Americans,
re: the concessions we’ve conceded to them.
There are two avenues we can take to avoid our country
becoming a third world nation.
SAVING TELSTRA
|
No # |
Question |
Answer |
|
1 |
Why
does the Government insist on selling the goose that lays the golden income egg? |
They
need money urgently. |
|
2 |
What
For? |
They
have an un-funded $90,000,000 superannuation payout to make to themselves. |
|
3 |
Why
Un-funded? |
They
have fully indexed their pensions to be inflation proof. The money has devalued so rapidly over the years that any
contributions they made are valueless and the golden handshakes are so huge
that their contributions (even with interest) could not make much of a
contribution to their retirement. |
|
4 |
Where were
they getting the money prior to the first partial sale of Telstra? |
The ALP
put a referendum question to all Australians asking whether we would accept a
7.5 % tax levy to fill a Trust Fund that would pay all Australians a liveable
age pension. They calculated how much
each Baby Boomer needed to put away and it was put away. The people voted YES. The levy was introduced and we paid, and
still pay, in general tax. A
referendum is binding on government and can only be rescinded by referendum
if Politicians Obey the Law. They
don’t. |
|
5 |
Where
did the money go? |
The
Liberals took the contents of the Age Pension Trust Fund and transferred that
money to Consolidated Revenue and the ALP quietly removed the legislation. |
|
6 |
What
happened to Age Pensioners? |
Many
were means tested into becoming Self Funded Retirees. The age for women to get the pension was
pushed up so there were fewer eligible. |
|
7 |
Will
the |
Not for
long. It will only pay half of the shortfall. |
|
8 |
Who
will buy Telstra? |
Only
foreign financiers have that sort of money and the government will not allow
Australians to buy all the shares. |
|
9 |
Why
Not? |
The major
parties have all agreed to Globalisation, Free Trade, and Open Borders
through United Nations Treaties. |
|
10 |
What
will happen to Age Pensioners if the government cannot pay the pension? |
The
government has put into place a scheme where you must sell your home to the
banks (all pre-dominantly foreign owned) because only foreign banks and
finances will have the amount of money needed to buy so many homes. You will be allowed to lease it back (until
you die) using the money from the sale. |
|
11 |
Is this
what you want? |
If the
answer is NO, will you take some small part in making sure all Australians
are warned of this impending disaster? |
|
12 |
What
can you do as a lone and powerless voter? |
You can
get a small group of friends to copy this paper and send it to as many
pensioners as they can, asking them to form a small group of friends who are
asked to copy it to create a wave of information to all aging Australians. |
We would appreciate you sending us a copy to let us
know that our plea to save the welfare of all aging Australians has not fallen
on deaf ears.
Contact: Fax: 9591 5208
Attention: Email: votpp@yahoo.com.au
Phil: Email: annapaulfoley@optusnet.com.au
THIRTEEN STEPS TO AUSTRALIA’S DESTRUCTION
CARR AND BROGDEN – TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUMBER
Fully aware that regardless of what he does, NSW
Premier Carr will lose the next election.
He is going to ensure the incoming party inherits a Government deep in
debt and will continue to borrow until the next election. It must be some kind of game politicians and
their parties play on one another at the expense of Constituents. It’s a disgrace they never give a thought to
the poor suffering NSW tax payer who are gullible enough to keep voting them
into power when you consider the Brogden – Stoner – Liberal – National
coalition are non entities who like their Federal counter parts have no answers
to Health, Education and Water Infrastructure.
FEDERAL TAX CUT REWARD THE RICH AND PUNISH THE WORKER
While Australian workers battle to survive on the
minimum wage an article hidden away on page 10 of the Daily Telegraph, Saturday
May 28, 2005 – “Pay rise for Politicians.”
Federal MP’s will get a basic pay rise of $4,380 a
year from July, with John Howard’s salary jumping by more than $11,000.
The base salary for MP’s will go from $106,770 to
$111,150 a year – a 4.1 per cent jump.
Rates set by the independent Remuneration Tribunal automatically moved
pollies’ pay up in line with other public salary increases.
The increases are still below the average rise of 5
per cent in general workers’ pay recorded for the 12 months to February.
The Prime Minister’s pay cheque will increase from
$277,608 to $288,990. Deputy Prime
Minister John Anderson’s salary goes up by $8979 a year to $227,857.50. The salary of Treasurer Peter Costello will
rise from $206,193.75 to $208,406.25.
What has been hidden from the Australian Public is
that the Independent Remuneration Tribunal is a Government appointed agency.
Meanwhile the Federal Government is in the process of
abolishing the Industrial Relations Commission so they can decrease minimum
wages for both able and disabled Australians.
WHAT A BLOODY DISGRACE!