"Labor will see the NBN in place,conservatives will not remove it."

But as usual conservatives will cut back on other things to pay of the debt that Labor leaves us for their version of the NBN.

The whole NBN thing in conjunction with the carbon tax etc would make more sense if their were serious moves to reduce commuting for every government employee in a non-public facing role. That's an area where the government could make a massive dent in carbon footprints. How many miles are travelled each year by government (and government owned corporation) employees to do a job that could be done just as well (or sometimes better) from a home office or a regional hub? How many flights are taken to attend meetings which could be easily done with teleconferencing?

I've seen very little sign that any government in Australia is taking either seriously. My impression is that they are slower on that front than many private companies, to impressed by bum's on seats in the office (and on planes).

R0bert

Conservatives will be one term then trampled and condemned as our worst ever lier's.
Belly,
That's impossible judging by past scenario. Labor mismanagement is already so bad that it will require at least three Coalition terms to put the money back again.

Belly,
Do have inside knowledge of this ?
Got this in the mail just now. Is this for real ? Anyone know better ?
Below is the reason why I insisted that the thousands of dollars our club raised in support of the Queensland flood victims went to the Salvation Army and not our callous, calculating, money hungry and bankrupt state Government. The ‘Sallies’ directed the money to where it was needed most – the people in need!

We all must ask: What’s happening to our beautiful country?

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!

In Queensland, 200,000 persons were displaced because of the floods and cyclones in February 2011 as well as since then, because some areas in the Far North are still flooding.

Two hundred and forty nine million dollars ($249,000,000) were raised in the second largest public appeal since the Victorian bushfires of two summers ago. More than $300,000,000 was raised Australia-wide for those fire victims. In BOTH cases money still has NOT been distributed -- or it has been allocated to public areas which it is assumed were NEVER intended to receive money that was raised for the benefit of individual Australians and Australian families displaced by either fire or flood.

On Christmas Island, illegal immigrants -- boat people -- call them what you will, SET FIRE TO THE ACCOMMODATION THEY were given by the Australian government and now they will be housed in first class hotels and motels ON THE MAINLAND while tax-paying Australians are still displaced in their thousands! Read what I received in my inbox, below.

If your hair is now BLACK, it will turn WHITE by the time you finish. If you have a full head of hair, be prepared to wake up BALD, tomorrow, when you fully grasp the situation.
tbc.

DID YOU KNOW?

Three hundred boat people have been housed at the RAAF Sherger Air Base in Weipa.
All are being accepted into Australia.

All are men.

All receive the pension same as our pensioners –

All get the same amount again for hardship payment – this equals twice what our pensioners get!

All receive an extra $50 a day for spending money.

Security staff are employed to watch them.

Chefs are employed to feed them (one quarter of a tonne of chicken a day alone is cooked).

They won't pick up their own rubbish.
There was a massive dispute because they didn't like the radio station.
Another dispute because batteries were flat for the Nintendo games.
Tents set up for mosque prayers had to be air conditioned.
The Bores/Wells set up to run RAAF Sherger adequately, are now dry because taps are left running all day long.
Sewerage systems now blocked with condoms (?) supplied to them ....
(and all of them are men remember).

Dept of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) wants the Dept of Defence to pay all of the bills, so that the Government can hide the costs of allowing three hundred refugees into the country, from tax paying Australians.

Australian taxpayers need to know…

Now.. the PM wants to introduce another tax to pay for the floods, because the Government does not have enough money to look after its own taxpayers.

What is wrong with this government?

Every day you are in power is another day of debt and destruction for us Australians -- the TAX PAYERS!

Indy are you an investor?
I think I could sell you shares in just about anything.
LIES? mate you eat them for breakfast.
Just this.yes the temporary leader of Queensland is holding up the cash given by us me too.
She is a fool.
INSIDE INFORMATION?
Indy who do you think I am,my party is not telling me anything, I am an X I the only single person who knew anything about politics no longer go to conference, those who go get drunk, not attend a session, or leave after Saturday night love in,without voting go.
This morning,see time of post in the Holland thread, every day, I read a newspaper from every state.
I read every link that interests me,UK and USA papers and links.
Canada and NZ and the links.
Every day I search for knowledge understanding.
always
only lately started posting links, bet shadow minister is happy he taunted me to do that?
Give you this for free Friend, get out more,read even the stuff you hate understanding is a benefit always.

Further to individual’s DID YOU KNOW:

“Detainees in Australia, including those in WA, are entitled to claim battery-operated grooming gadgets, cigarettes, phone cards, snacks and confectionery by using reward points earned while playing soccer, volleyball and table tennis, and attending English and art lessons.”

"Insiders at Curtin Immigration Detention Centre, 40km southeast of Derby, said a recent shipment of cigarettes intended for detainees was worth about $10,000. A spokesman for Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Bowen refused to say how much the Federal Government spent on detainees' cigarettes, but did not rule out that the Curtin shipment cost as much as $10,000."

http://tinyurl.com/3m7gx6r

(and some have the hide to call detention centres... “hellholes”!)