The top driver for consumer confidence is financial security, as people don't place as much concern on spending money, if they know they can replace it.

They'd this either by having sound investments, or a secure, long term job.

At present, they don't even if the banks will pass on any reductions on interest rates, if RBA cuts them.

I doubt much will change here, at least in the short term, if at all, as I fear we have gone to far now and caused to much uncertainty in the business world.

Business owners will not take risk if the gains are not there.

Fix this and you will go a long way towards a recovery.

Come on Arjay. Stop reading comics. Shafted our economy, so what would you change.

I doubt it will be Hockey sbr, he was with Turnbull in the global warming camp.

Once the US have chucked out Obama, largely for his backing of the global warming scam, & encouraging the EPA to go overboard in radical environmentalism, none who have backed it here, will be like to lead any party, except the ratbag greens. We should not be too hard on those who lacked the math/physics to see through the scam, although they should never be a leader, but those who pushed it should be forever shunned. They will be likely to be conned again.

You're right, that Rudd & Gillard are about equal in the dislike stakes, neither would attract votes from any but the rusted on. I can't imagine any reason, but desperation, for anyone to back his return, but I suppose desperation is reasonable for Labor folk, who have watched Julia for a while.

Labour could bring back Mark Latham. Julia was one of his major backers.

achieve more positive outputs.
Lexi,
more ? please explain ?

The more 579 posts,the more he reveals his ignorance.He's like Belly who will go down with the ship of Labor while those at the pyramid of their cesspool of corruption,shaft him and their loyal good hard working honest followers.