Great advice from a wise elder everald! But is anybody listening?
As we all know by now, nobody learns the lessons of history?

Otherwise why did we follow the Great depression with the Great recession?

I think the real task in tax reform for Malcolm is to get the multinationals to pay a fair share from locally earned profits, instead of like a good tax lawyer/ex merchant banker, getting into bed with them to facilitate another tax avoidance outcome!

The 1953 double tax act needs to be rewritten rather than allow it to continue to be a tax avoiding instrument.

The only tax they can't avoid, I believe, is either a transaction tax or better yet, an unavoidable and small expenditure tax levied against all expenditure, and taken in lieu of the company tax no multinational now pays!

Simply put, it may take more intestinal fortitude than anybody currently in politics has, to bring in, particularly when they can tinker at the edges, creating even greater layers of complexity along with a new loophole with every new page of convoluted complexity.

A real leader will make his mark by finally and fairly addressing this problem even in the face of bitter internal revolt!

Rather than loading the remaining few taxpayers currently paying all our tax, with even greater burdens and literally hundreds of carefully concealed fees and charges, inclusive of regressive taxes like the ubiquitous cascading GST and in a nation all but crippled economically by the tyranny of distance, fuel excise!

The problem with (I'm alright Jack) politicians is they just don't genuinely care? And as such, regularly replaced by the froth and bubble of manifested indignation. For mine the jury is still out on Malcolm, who holds great promise given his background and enormous intellect and therefore ought to be given a fair go.

And will need unflinching resolve in order to to clean the dross out of the front bench, the cabinet and the party room, before embarking on genuine progressive reform?

Such is the self evident internal opposition to genuine long overdue real reform!
Rhrosty

Yep well I suppose someone who is sleazy and undermines and stabs a sitting pm is born to rule the regressives. They are more comfortable with like minded people. That is why the abc luv him so much.

So Everald Compton's remedy for the coalition's ills is to turn it into the Labor Party, but with Turnbull as PM. Why would we want another Labor Party when the present one has been such a union-bought-and-paid-for disaster?

Everald's "policy" suggestions amount to "somebody should do something".

Introduce an emissions trading scheme? Last time Turnbull tried that he demonstrated how little he knew about both "climate change" and leadership. He was dumped as Liberal leader.

Move toward a surplus by raising taxes? Swan tried that. Annually. And went further into debt. Annually. He spent more than he raised.

"Create jobs in every area of the economy..."? You mean create unproductive "government" jobs, don't you, Everald? Like the pink batts scheme? Jobs that cost money, but which have no benefit. I've never met a public servant who had a clue about making a profit, so I'd leave that to private enterprise.

"Solve the housing crisis" and "reduce homelessness and poverty" Everald says, based on a raft of assumptions, including that new house building is carried out by negative gearers. Yes, a lot of people want "affordable housing", but they usually mean affordable to them and paid for by somebody else.

Begin a "massive investment...in railways": At what cost?

Then there are Everald's purely utopian dreams:

"calculate the age pension correctly"; "tough legislation for domestic violence, elder abuse and coward punching", as though legislation stops drunken, drugged thugs; move towards "drought-proofing Australia"; "create a sustainable mining industry"; "accept more refugees" and close off-shore detention centres, because, apparently, Everald hasn't been paying attention to the consequences of the Islamist invasion of Europe. Again, no mention of cost.

Everald suggests somebody should "advance philanthropy and volunteering" and "promote religious tolerance and understanding", but without identifying just which groups need to be more tolerant, so I guess it's us. Again, no mention of how this would be achieved or at what cost.

If that's the best "progressive" politics has to offer, thanks, but no thanks.

Everald (who is Chairman of Tenement to Terminal Ltd which was originally founded to build a coal export terminal at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland, and in one of his many past incarnations was Chairman and Chief Executive of Everald Compton International, a fund raising consultancy), before seducing oldies into Fantasy Land ruled by Miracle King Turnbull, should establish whether any Australian government can control commodity prices, interest rates, the Money Market, value of Aust dollar etc.

Turnbull's totally unnecessary back-stabbing of Abbott makes clear that HE thinks that he was born to rule. While that sort of treachery occurs, it is up to Australians to vote against such an arrogant smirker, even if it means back to Labor while the Liberal party sorts itself out.

It is my belief, whether Mr TURNBULL was born to rule is not the issue. Ever since he was born, he's used treachery as a strategy to subvert the actions of anyone who he determines might inhibit or obstruct him in whatever enterprise he seeks to pursue.

Thanks Malcolm

For a great party, your place, last other night.

My regards to your charming wife, who is taut n terrific in so many ways...discretion the better part of...

Your obedient Groom of the Stool *

Lord Pete

* http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Groom-of-the-Stool/

Why does every left whinge nut job feel that he knows what Australians want? Here's a news flash, MT is not going to reform the liberal party in the image of the greens.

How can anybody say the unnecessary assassination of Abbott was not warranted The people of AU said he had to go so it became very necessary. It was either Abbott go or the Liberal party would be gone also. Besides that he was an infiltrator into an otherwise moderate liberal party. Mal was elected to rule because the liberals said he was the best to lead the libs back to a true liberal party. Besides which he won the election on the back of lies and deceit.
Employers want a one way deal , that is what they have ever wanted. So what has changed, nothing at all. Howard done alright till he went in over his head with work choices, that was the end of him. What does changing IR laws have to support workers of a better standard of life style, The lowest payd of worker will they be better of than now or worse.
Any talk of changes to IR laws is always one sided, it’s all about gains for the employer. Why don’t we talk about gains for the lowest payd workers. If you get that right the rest will be much more implementable. Abbott set up the Royal Commission strictly for the purpose of attacking workers. I would say it was a miserable failure and not worth the money. The whole time it achieved very little, and now up to the courts to find out what they are supposed to do with it. The main culprits in Abbott’s opinion was Gillard and Shorten, both failed to rate a mention. A handful of persons caught with their hand in the till. Hardly a mandate for dramatic changes. It’s union members money, not govt; treasury money. That should have been a police matter, and saved 80 million $. It was Abbott’s dream unraveling.

What makes anybody think it is acceptable that anyone has to die at work. That is an unacceptable assumption.
Geof Kennet was a liar just like Abbott, That was the man that said no forced amalgamations, he did just that he got voted out.

The main thing wrong with Australia today is that far too many lefty ratbags like Everald managed to get government advisory jobs, & far too many governments listened to their ratbag ideas.

As for our age pension, I'm one of those pensioners, & am amazed at how generous it is. Anyone who can't live on it very comfortably is an idiot or a wastrel, who never made any provision for their future. Such people don't deserve the kids of today to provide more for them, when they have their own way to make.

Time you ditched those 25mm thick rose coloured glasses Everald old boy, & looked at what a rip off merchant Turnbull really is.

At present I really can't see any other alternative
to our current Prime Minster. The Opposition does
not currently present a viable alternative.
I guess we shall have to wait and see what policies
Mr Turnbull will present us with prior to the next
election.

Is Turnbull born to rule?
Yes he is....and he IS currently ruling as PM of Australia, so get over it guys!
You aren't running the country and neither is Abbott, thank goodness! Turnbull is.

Never have I seen such an unpopular PM as the too conservative holy Abbott.
He has dug his own grave and is now lying in it.
It seems there is way too much sour grapes on this thread.

The Australian pension is the second lowest of any industrialized country, we are just above Korea in second last spot.
Turnbull is the best of a bad bunch, and no match for the Abbott sponsors. It just goes to show AU has more radicals than terrorism ever had. How could anybody represent Abbott after what he did. An election run on lies, he should be on demolition row.
He did say he would do anything to be PM, and he did just that. Why isn’t it a criminal offence. And he gets around saying he has more to give to politics. That is frightening, the terrorism continues.
If the far right had any care of Australia they would be condemning Abbott for what he done, and how he achieved the position to get there.
The next election will see changes I am positive about that, Turnbull’s front bench is in disarray from the remains of the team Abbott disgracing themselves. The AU public are being taken for mugs. Anybody that goes out backwards needs to be stripped of all entitlements for ever.
Australia can not go on being taken as fools, while our foremost representatives are acting in ways not appropriate for their position as AU parliamentary representatives

That's so unfair Suse

It was Tony's girlfriend who was his Brain who brought out the Deranged Demented Post Papal Pugilist in 'im.

Sour grapes hang low on the vine, To low for sensible people to collect. There are always takers as rotten to the core salesmen indulge themselves in treachery.

Turnbull with his successes in life was born to rule, and why would he not be. He has far more IQ than the average bear, or other persons, so he is a natural choice as leader. We have had enough of persons deficient of any sort of IQ to be PM. The position calls for strong intelligent and forceful human being to be statesman like and represent AU on the world stage. If these qualities do not exist what would make you think that person should be considered for PM. That is old style AU where ockerism was alive and well and truly admired. The world and AU have changed, ockerism is now discouraged and needs to be buried.
Turnbull has two choices in his success or failure. He can arrange good policy with consultation that has community support and will be installed as PM for twenty years, or he can come up with policy that crucifies the working people of AU and loses his Job.
I have a good feeling about which way he will choose to go. With 579 company’s in AU with nil tax to pay, you can not burden the workers to foot any more tax, while we have 579 company’s paying nil.
We are a high earning country, and so is Germany, our lowest payd can not afford to lose any wages, any reductions must come from the top earners. We have to think smarter, and not attack the soft targets. Churches must be made self supporting and cut loose from the public purse. Scale back on overseas handouts, and say if you want something we will come and build it for you. Any aid to countries like Cambodia or NG will see no benefit from cash at all, goods and services.
There is nothing smart thinking can not overcome, Politicians with clear heads are less likely to make fools of themselves, that is worthy of thought.

579, we need to "bear" in mind the court jester and parliamentary fool, Barney Joyce is about to sit in the 2IC;s chair. Help!

It must be hard keeping the attention on Turnbull.

It wouldn't do to allow the cameras to swing towards Labor and the very smelly, very messy, links with the CFMEU and other unions.

Exactly what are Labor leader Willie Shorten and Greens Senator Richard Di Natale proposing to do to sever Party links with the CFMEU?

Kevin Rudd must be smiling cynically at Shorten's discomfiture, not knowing how to do anything better than continue to defend and protect the festering mess that Rudd to his credit tried to remove.

The election is drawing near. There is always the prospect of a double dissolution. Union corruption and links with labor and Greens will be one the agenda, Number 1 and rightly so!

What Everald and others have yet to realise is that Malcolm is Labor lite. His policies will be big-spending, big-taxing. Achieving budget surpluses and acting in the national interest will not figure prominently in his objectives.

He should win the House of Reps in the next election, but it appears likely that he will go backwards in the Senate, which will make for even more interesting times.

Risible rubbish Raycom!
Rhrosty.