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K-Dudd: the heartless wonder : Comments

By Jason Whittaker, published 6/11/2009

Kevin Rudd - Howard-lite as he was dubbed during the election. If anything it’s a fairly flawless reproduction.

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It took Howard more than eleven years to render to us the Australia many came to despise. But now some people want the Queen Mary turned around on a suicidal one dollar coin. I hope Rudd ignores these hotheads and continues with his Fabian approach.

By the way, his acheivements are significant to date - though probably not "sexy" enough for some. Tick Aboriginal Apology, increases for pensioners and carers, greater justice for people in less conventional relationships - too mention a few of the top of the head. And of course many more are underway.

Some people have no understanding, no patience and a reluctance to think.
Posted by LRAM, Friday, 6 November 2009 8:09:17 AM
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His other significant achievements:

He has wiped out the budget surplus,
He has created a refugee crisis where there was none before,
With his diplomatic background he has done more damage to the relationship with China and Indonesia than any PM in history,
He has concocted an ETS that will do little for the environment except increase energy costs,
He has broken a record number of promises,
He has set the scene for the high inflation, interest rates and unemployment that are trademarks of the labor government.

But we should be happy with the symbolic changes he has made?

It would be less of a risk if he played golf all day rather than trying to help me.
Posted by Democritus, Friday, 6 November 2009 9:34:25 AM
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I do not think the asylum seeekers on the boat will be held in immigration detention in Indonesia. Those that are found to be refugee are not detained. They have lived there five years and seem well and the children well educated. Ony during processing which the government said wil be quick and also promised resettlement afterwards to be prioritised.
Posted by TheMissus, Friday, 6 November 2009 10:11:01 AM
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'Fair-minded Australians voted for this Prime Minister more in hope than anything'

I would say gullible minded actually.
Posted by runner, Friday, 6 November 2009 10:37:11 AM
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Look when you look at his major traits:

- a true born again Anglican moral conservative
- extremely rich
- oddly impressed with the confucian/communist Chinese centrally directed society
- dreamed up ETS which will make the rich power suppliers, carbon brokers and Labor lobbyists richer - and poor households paying electricity bills poorer
- believes he has the intellectually given right to make life hell for his public servants, 24/7
- staffs his Ministry largely with lightweights who will not threaten or question his accumulation of power

you do get a leader who's burnt himself (and many others) out early, finger OFF the pulse, on the way to losing the plot.

Malcolm or Hockey or maybe Dr Sharman Stone then look like an alternative leadership group.

The scariest possibility, of course is The Abbott as PM - in which case I'd move to New Zealand.

Pete
http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-to-play-key-role-in-australian.html
Posted by plantagenet, Friday, 6 November 2009 10:43:08 AM
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“This Prime Minister” never “promised” “laptops”. He promised to provide computers, whether or not they were laptops, to schools for all their year 9-12 students, a promise which is being kept.
He never promised “school halls” as part of the “education revolution”. They came later as part of the economic stimulus package.

What he promised as parts of the education revolution were a national curriculum, which is being developed; national testing, which has occurred for the past two years; more information for parents on individual school’s achievement, delivered in Victoria today; trade training centres in secondary schools, which are being delivered; cutting HECS for maths and science students who went on to become teachers, already legislated; tax refunds for educational expenses, already legislated; much greater investment for disadvantaged students, already funded; a six-week summer course for bright graduates to go into teaching, which is up and running.

The Victorian Labor Government has already delivered a serious investment in education.
The 2008-09 budget shows $7,312 million expenditure on education. The last Liberal budget, 1999-2000, showed $5,230 million expenditure on education. That’s an increase of 39 per cent (before inflation). In 1999-2000, which covers the last Liberal budget, the Victorian Government spent $6,758 per primary student (the second lowest in the country) and $6,605 per secondary student (the lowest in the country).

In 2005-06, the Victorian Government spent $8,767 per primary student ($2,009 more than the Liberals) and $11,329 per secondary student ($4,724 more than the Liberals). The CPI increased by 22.3 per cent between December, 1999, and December, 2005. Therefore, in 2005-06 dollars, the Victorian Government spent $8,265 per primary student in 1999-2000, compared with $8,767 in 2005-06, meaning that the Labor Government had increased expenditure per student by $502 or 6 per cent. In 2005-06 dollars, the Victorian Government spent $8,077 per secondary student in 1999-2000, compared with $11,329 in 2005-06, meaning that the Labor Government had increased expenditure per student by $3,252 or 40 per cent.
Posted by Chris C, Friday, 6 November 2009 1:29:58 PM
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