I want to see the Greens exploit the divisions in Labour by providing serious policy alternatives.

And I want the coalition to provide something more tangible than hot air when it comes to dealing with the unions, and I would say that one way to do that is by making them redundant and or less relevant.

Workers should not require the support of a Union representative to ensure that their employer is prepared to pay them their correct entitlements according to law.

And an employee should not have to risk cuts to their hours or the loss of their job by filing a complaint with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

All that is required to rectify the problem is a small tweak to the Ombudsman service and maybe a brief ad campaign to get the ball rolling.

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Much genuine good will can be acquired (in my experience) by empowering people to gain greater control over their financial security solution for themselves.

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I listened to the CEO of TESLA speak online from their website recently. To think that the whole world can be powered by solar from such a relatively small piece of land.

A link to the speech:

http://www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/powerwall

Labor voted to have the OPTION of turning back boats. They then need a minister with the gumption of using that option. Not someone like Anthony Albenese(?) who plainly would not.

The minute that anyone takes offense at a boat being turned around, the Labor wimpettes will turn and run like 10 yr old girls.

The only one with balls in labor is Tanya Plibersek, and she is quite happy to let Aus burn to further her career.

SM,

You just destroyed one of my fantasies >:(

Suse,

So what is it that engages your compassion, in the context of sixty million refuges, almost all out of sight ?

Is it that the boats are leaky and that desperate people have to pay exorbitant fares ?

So what if, say, for argument's sake - highly likely, I know - a collective of the Goat Cheese Circle in Melbourne and Sydney got their funds together (or more likely, their parents') and hired seaworthy boats to bring desperate people here at standard fares, only for a couple of hundred dollars each ? Would that wring the compassion out of you just the same ?

And if those seaworthy boats had to be accepted and welcomed here by a future Labor government, then why not people flying direct ? i.e. direct from Amman, Ankara, Karachi, even Jakarta ? Even, somehow, from Nairobi ?

Just trying to work out your limits :)

Out of sixty million (mostly out of sight), how many should we take then ? Oh, you have none ? So, all sixty million ?

Cheers,

Joe

LM,

I shudder to think what your fantasy is.