......oh yeah, and conservative shock-jock Alan Jones is talking about forced investment of my super into infrastructure projects. Imagine the howl from him and the conservative press if that was a Labor thought-bubble.

To get and keep his cold dead hand on power, Tony has consistently shown he will say and do anything. Take his promise on the GST as a guide to the future. He starves the states so they do his dirty work for him.

Dear Alan,

Thank You for replying.

We should all be concerned with allowing our
mainstream media to be in the hands of one
powerful man - whose influence is undeniable.

Thank goodness that we still have our Independent Media.
Which we should all support.
Afterall as - Julian Burnside QC wrote in an article -
"Better Media Is Good For Democracy."

Broadening out the GST - if it hits essentials required
by the vulnerable - would be disastrous and unfair.

How about we take a look at the salaries, perks, and benefits,
enjoyed by the current, and former politicians. For example,
at the last quote -
former PMs get a $200,000 salary for the rest of their lives,
(possibly more nowadays), plus enormous travel allowances,
office accommodation, staffing costs, et cetera. Then there are
a host of other benefits - like the airline "Gold Pass,"
which entitles ex-PMs up to 40 business class flights a year
(that's about 1 a week). And that's only the tip of the ice-berg.

And the pollies are telling us the "Age of Entitlement" is
over?

How about setting an example before telling us what they're
going to cut from the rest of us.

Luciferase, "forced investment of my super into infrastructure"

I wasn't too impressed by that either.

Mind you there is already 'ethical investment' pressure on superannuation funds to hog tie managers and can easily erode earnings. OK where someone wants to opt for such a fund.

Choice (consumers guide) tried at one stage to head off on a different path and started producing articles on ethical investment and so on,
http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/money/investing/products/ethical-investing.aspx

Past history
Didn't Menzies take the proceeds of the levy that was paid by workers to secure their age/retirement pensions, and pay it into consolidated revenue? Maybe someone has the facts on that.

Yes OTB, ethical investment is a choice, not mandatory as countenanced by Jones and whoever he is talking with over infrastructure. He's the guy who softens up the public for Tony's thrusts.

Again, re submarines, does it not occur to all liberal members that doing deals with a few (South Australians)so that one man maintains power ahead of other contenders reeks of corruption?

Tony has cast his survival as a matter of party solidarity when he has divided and conquered the party. Who knows what other deals got done! So much for putting the country, let alone the party, ahead of any one man. Where will he stop? How should other contenders behave in a liberal leadership contest with this kind of precedent?

As with most people, Abbott makes my skin crawl.

It was Murdoch who helped dethrone Howard and gave us the Rudder wrecker squandering Australias healthy financial situation in no time flat. Often an inconvenient fact for the regressives who now want to destroy Australia from opposition via tax funded journalist.

For a demonstration why the left wing are champion haters, hypocrites and whingers, you couldn't want a better demonstration than this article, and its supportive posts. Face it. Your political opinion is nothing but blind and ignorant hatred.