Please tell me you don't expect people to get a $400K job for ZERO.
rehctub,
Many do & that is now the Abbott Goverments biggest challenge. To change the mindset of the entitlement brigade & their grand & great grand children. It's going to cost parliamentary scalps but as necessity becomes more obvious so will accpetance in the electorate & the scalps won't be scarficed in vain.
Also, the $400K will be trimmed to to less & in accordance with merit.

Yes Indi, and in fact, had the end to the age of entitlement been brought about much earlier, perhaps we wouldn't be seeing the balancing act between funding the likes of health, education and aged care. But, so many people have been willingly accepting the generosity of governments, while giving little consideration as to where that generosity actually comes from, the tax payer, and at what cost.

Well, the time has come whereby the tax payer can no longer fund what's on it's plate, so, tough choices had to be made. It's just a pity not everyone can see that.

But at least most people's eyes are now wide open to the real issues facing our tax payer funds and, if they do happen to reinstate labor, labors hand will be tied as to reward their voters loyalty, more of the same from them will have to be reintroduced.

I think the longer Tony stands by his tough choices, the less chance labor has to regain power, unless of cause they choose to do the same, and we all know thier record of achievement.

Interesting times ahead.

Hope your son enjoys the defense force BOOMER, what branch is he going into?

I enjoyed my time in the Navy, I have a son in the navy, & am about to get a son in law in the army. Some families are suckers for punishment.

After a couple of years on here, I'm not too sure if much of the Oz population is worth defending, so I'm not sure I'd do it again, except to gain a qualification.

There is going to have to be a lot more of this in future. Surely 4 years of uni education, & the student financial support that usually goes with it, is worth 4 years of service after completion.

I'm not sure what productive use could be found for a political science PhD, although 4 years of clearing rubber vine out of northern national parks would be sure to help the graduate learn something useful.

clearing rubber vine out of northern national parks
Hasbeen,
not so fast. We need to sort out the Cane Toads first which are of course a legacy of Science, you know those people who know everything & who always know what's best for us. Somehow I fail to see the benefit to us up here from their brilliant idea to introduce the Cane Toad here.
From my experience Dettol is far, far more efficient to get rid of the toads than millions upon millions Dollars for endless scientific studies whilst the toads are on a permanent honeymoon courtesy of science.

That a university educated person believes that university education was ever free pretty well says all that needs to be said.

It was originally the Labour Government that brought in free university fees in the early '70s, so that lower and middle class bright students would get the chance to go to university.
It was again, the Hawke Labour Party who stopped the free fees and started the HECS fees in the '80s.

My brother went to University of WA during the late '70s and became an Engineer. He started and completed his degree during Fraser's Liberal government time.
As my father had just left my mother and four children, there is no way she could have afforded to send him to Uni if not for the free tuition fees.

I think it will be the wealthy who will be more likely to be able to go to Uni now, and that is a great pity.