I am unimpressed SM,but you highlight a truism,some comments are based on not understanding the subject.
Such contractors are basically, mostly, using subcontractors.
Thanks to the radical nature of the CFMEU construction union almost all are not union members/anti union.
And as the weekends media told us of under payments and fraud in the service industry's,they well could have told of worse in the building trade.
Brickys laborers to top trades are contractors not union members.
I want however to get back on subject,care to come with me?
55% of us say have a levee, only 33% primary vote for Labor.
Abbott took back 7% from Gillard, but still trails as preferred leader, way back.
My constant claim has been, Gillard is a flop, Abbott is worse, Labor is bleeding to death, more harm than good comes from bending to greens.
BUT MATE we are while unelectable under Julia a real chance of being returned.
Abbott your party's leader,those who think, or is it do not think, like him our only and best tool.
Do you wish to talk about who will replace Abbott, Gillard is gone.
I said in my first post after Rudd she would go as he did knifed in the back.

Belly,

Considering that nearly 70% of employees pay almost nothing, while JG might have squeaked in for approval for the tax, the reality is that the 55% pro vote is unlikely to win her any votes, whilst the 41% anti vote is likely to erode Labor support.

The liberal campaign has been remarkable effective, as this time the loss of Labor support has not gone to the greens or others, but directly to the coalition, who is now enjoying the highest polling in years.

While JG might be leading TA, her lead has slipped considerably, her dissatisfaction rating is continuously climbing, considering the usual bias for incumbents her status is a long way from stellar. While there might be antipathy for TA, it is not showing amongst the coalition supporters.

The key factors are what is happening with Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott who must be sorely regretting backing the wrong horse, and see their futures in politics evaporating. If TA handles this correctly, there could be a new election later this year.

Oh, give it a rest U2. Who In bloody hell gives a flying f^(# about which politician is better. It's the old childrens arguement about Ashbys & Malven Stars. They were both made in the same factory by the same people using the same parts. They were just given different paint jobs & transfers. It's the same with politicians.

Should we have a Levy? Not when the money is readily available by other means I have mentioned before.

Who, or what, are the spoils of the levy for? Is it for the people affected by the disaster, or, the repair of damaged infrastructure? I can see it being used mostly for the repair of infrastructure with a token guesture towards the people who need it most. Then of course there are the Lawyers, Consultants & Adminstrators who get involved. There won't be much left for real work or distribution anyway.

JB I thought better of you, your opinions are yours free but you have out done even the Shadowy Shadow Minister here.
Unfocused my ideas or no stuff bloke,the issue is politics, purely only, would not exist without political point scoring.
You wish,to IMPOSE your views, with heated words.
No convince us with facts, you insult us by inference,but wish us to consider a view hurled on the table like a dead and bleeding beast.
Shadow Minister, these are the facts, Joe Hockey today, in sentence told of the internal stress withing your party,and that his leadership plans still live.
He said it was wrong to link levee with contributions.
Any, the briefest, look at the past two weeks media talk/leaks from within BOTH PARTY'S points to NEW LEADERSHIP in BOTH .
It is VITAL both get back to basics both return to policy's.
And the led in the saddlebag of the ALP is public perception of being hunted around by the Greens.
I think it will be close but we may just sneak in, on such as your back, near tea party refusal to bend or consider truth.
Yet know this ,the greens are far more danger to the ALP than the DLP ever was,and may keep Labor [and themselves]on the opposition benches for just as long, not bad for a one eyed ALP voter SM? true however.

The first bill before parliament is the NBN purchase of Telstra's land line assets which it will buy for $11bn, allow the NBN free use of, before scrapping. If the government allowed the NBN free access, but sold the network for several billion there would be plenty of money to rebuild Queensland. However, the NBN would no longer have a monopoly and be able to gouge the citizens of Australia.

It is clear where Labor's priorities are.

I now retreat I too by counter punching,have contributed to swaying off subject.
All in vain, if God returned, proved me wrong, he could not sway SM to see this light.
We will have a flood levee, and we will have cuts too.
That levee is focused on high income earners, note that, hear or read again TONY ABBOTT'S attack on the proposed levee.
TAKE NOTE he said in that speech HE WOULD FURTHER CUT TAX'S TO SMALL BUSINESS.
While defending a stance on levee he has not got a clue at this time we cannot afford to cut tax's for the middle class.
every cent spent on rebuilding is our cash, if we can both cut costs and get a tax levee up, we will ,we get out of debt faster.
It is not a time for our country to borrow more,we truly may yet see a second dip recession world wide.
Consider the conservatives rants about the GFC NBN then ask why they move policy's 360 degrees?