Crackcup,
the government will be getting a herd of pink elephants with wings to carry tonnes of cash from somewhere.

Unfortunately, some people (a minority of Aussies) like to use the unfortunate circumstances of fellow Australians as a vehicle for attempted political point scoring. This is what a handful of people here are doing, this is what the Libs are doing and this what Labor would be doing if the Libs were in government right now.

Three people here, rehctub, runner and individual, seem unable to understand that Australia is well set up financially to cope with the aftermath of the recent disasters. They are more interested on this forum in trying to discredit the government, instead of showing respect and understanding towards the victims of the disasters. If the Libs were in government now I bet these 3 characters would be **SILENT** regarding the government's handling of the situation, and that the handful of Labor supporters on this site would be the ones whining.

People like rehctub, runner and individual are a minority. Most Aussies are not using the recent disasters as a vehicle for attempted political point scoring. No sireee, they are getting on with the practical job of recovery.

It's incredible the constant degrading of our govt; These people had their chance to vote, but that is not enough for them. They continually condemn any move at all from the incumbent govt; They are only interested in two word Tony, who will never see an election in his favor. Hipocritical, biased, and ill informed persons. The Liberals are not showing a scrap of human decency, all they can come up with ways of sending the country backward.

a597,
Again you are the one who doesn't click. I did not say that the Liberals are perfect. I can only go by past performance & so far as economic management goes, the Coalition is ahead.
Why do you lot alway say we're Left bashers. We're not. We'd bash the Libs just as much if they were performing as poorly as Labor. The real problem here is that it is the fact that the Public Service is literally 98 % left-wing hence the difficulty in Labor to perform. The Coalition deals with the Public Service a little better because they know that whatever they propose, the Public Service will oppose it in the faint hope to make Labor look better. It hasn't worked & only cost many of us a career & money. I'll refrain from pointing at Labor when they compensate me for what they cost so many present & future decent Australians.

Oh, I don't know, a597 - it seems the opposition pride themselves on their "gutsy" fictional cuts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/11/3136548.htm

courageous. As for disarster management, that started with a huge thing called 'INSURANCE'!

Now, if anyone chose a cheaper insurance company, one that appeared to offer the 'same cover' for 'less money', then it's 'buyer beware!

So, anyone in this position must now sit back and wait to see what assistance can be provided.

Now, just spare a thought for those who were fully insured.

They, being 'pro active' are now on their own as nobody cares about them. Why?

Now this mentality goes all the way through society. Look after those who don't look after themselves. Wefare is a prime example.

Meanwhile, those 'pro active' ones, often went without simply because they didn't have the money left over to spend once they did the sensible thing and made sure their ducks were in a row.

I'm out of time but would like to respond more.