WTF,

l don’t intend to continue bandying words with you; but I assure you, I don’t suffer from hurt feelings, no matter what anonymous twats on the internet come up with.

Opinions do not require references, evidence or information. This facility is Online Opinion, not Online Facts. Is English not your first language?

Your inability to answer my simple questions tells me all I need to know about you.

“Living in your head rent free”, for Heaven's sake. You will never be accused of originality. What was your other attempt at insult with a passe crack? Ah, “snowflake”. You need to increase your vocabulary.

One more thing about 18 year olds. I have three 18 year old great-granddaughters who went to school longer than my grandchildren, one now in university. But, they are not as smart as their parents, their grandmother nor, dare I say, their old great-grandfather.

WTF?

Poor old ttbn.

He doesn't like it when someone comments on his posts yet demands answers to questions referencing other peoples comments.

He suggests others should increase their vocabulary in a thread where he refers to another poster as a "disagreeable arsehole". We all know what's going on here.

As Mark Twain said: "I think there is no sense in forming an opinion when there is no evidence to form it on."

This is one of those "common sense" concepts that don't require a university education to understand.

Far more important than fussing over the pay of 18 year olds who have many years ahead to improve their lot is the increasing employment of public servants, who produce nothing towards growing the economy; rather they sap it, and increase the Socialist government's spending.

. There were 82,0000 more of the blighters to the end of this financial law.
. 2.6 million of them, state and federal on the taxpayer teat.
. 3.2% growth in numbers, twice Australia’s population growth.

The average public servant gets $96,309 p.a. The average private sector worker gets $76,424 p.a.

It is predicted that another 107, 000 more snouts will be in the trough by the end of the 2026 financial year.

ttbn,
That is the real problem which also is directly facilitating willy nilly immigration.
Wait for our resident bureaudroid's scalding comments !

I'm wondering what people think of this move by the union and if it is justified
NathanJ,
Clearly the Union's self-interest at play there. If they were truly interest in workers they'd stop pay increases that make it too hard for workers to get by. Why is there still this idiotic mentality to ask for more when all it achieves is higher costs ?
Are these people totally insane ?
Now the already well paid teachers are talking about a strike because an 8% increase over three years isn't deemed enough. I'd like to suggest a salary freeze followed by salary reduction so that wages can gain more purchasing power.
Top it off with a National Service for 18-20 year olds.

Do you think a wages freeze will stop inflation rises. A lot of au,s food items are imported.
May be you are targeting the wrong end to buyable items available.
AU is subject to peoples not buying au items. So your argument is not simplistic as you say. More research is needed.
This should not come at the expense of persons hat follow govt: regulations as to when they join the workforce.