Slasher,
Absolutely.
I would add this is yet another pro-business think tank justification/ political manipulation to have a go.

I wouldn't mind if they this author or think tanks in general stated all the facts in context and and let them show the conclusion.

Broad numbers don't necessarily prove anything. It is pure political dogma to look at numbers and declare too many. This may well be so but where's the analysis?

Need I point out that Queensland is a far more spread out state than any other (WA has pockets. this factor alone means more (branch) staff. (Regardless of who is in power).

Rather this worthless excuse for an argument.
He Starts with a conclusion and then makes unsupported assumptions to justify that conclusion. Number games mean nothing except to an accountant not real people.

Simple minds, simple solutions hide a complex issue and a pro conservative intentions of the author.

cheers for that Fozz,
twenty years after 1951 would get Billy McMahon into the picture, couldn't possibly have been Goaf Whitlam. Wasn't he the one who got the country onto the track we're on now?

Fozz; What would would you say if I told you that Robert Menzies never presided over a single budget surplus?

Well, considering I was bone in 60 and only got interested in politics around the late 70's, no idear!

BUT! What I do know is that when Krudd was handed the keys, there was plenty of confidence in the business world, plenty of job security and money in the bank.

Who knows what's in stall for the next two years!

Another classic display of incompitence is the traviston dam debarcle.

What fool, in their right mind would buy the land, spend almost $100millon on studies, then, ask permision fo the dam to be built?

Furthermore, who is going to buy this land, at market value?

Not only has she bought this land, but now she is going to sell off our assetts to fund her and beaties stuff ups.

Someone has to get rid of this women before we are completely broke.

rehctub,

You are missing a few major issues and trying to load the problems onto the wrong people.

In the intervening time between Menzies era and today, the gold standard went, feral Capitalism has launched, Tarrifs have come off, the market place has been Globalized, private debt has spiraled exponentially and the laise faire capitalists came to the fore etc.

None of these or the an anticipated (world wide) capitalist driven derivative credit crash, and reduction of the money pit(mining crash) were her problem how?

She should have saved? oh yer with every one holding out their hand screaming "I want, I want". Let's look at tunnels and other Conservative BCC driven expenditures where do you think they got the money , govt guarentees, Hospital upgrades, waiting lists out sourcing, teachers pays being so much lower than interstate, teacher drain et al.

Major projects go like that that's the system. If they didn't the federal environment department would need to be HUGE. The projects might then crash latter same result.

I didn't back the dam but I'll bet when you start getting water bills upto 40% more you'll scream like an injured Banchee.

She is well short of perfect but so would the conservatives if they were in power. Look at who they are in detail..

Examinator,
another thing that's developed in the years since Menzies is fools batting for fools.