Praxidice remember the expresion the harder I worked the luckier i got.

For what its worth, I'm probably in a somewhat better state than most, semi-retired with no significant debts, new house with no mortgage, not 'rich' by any standards but largely self-sufficient & all that crap. I am however quite concerned about the state of the nation, the utter ineptitude of the political circus, the inaccessibility of justice etc and would dearly love to do something to help restore a semblance of decency / ethics/ accountability etc etc. Joining the political scrum really isn't an option as one needs to prostitute whatever principles simply to get preselected.

For what its worth, I did hold a party position several lifetimes back and have been asked several times to nominate. Whatever, I cannot imagine any situation where I'd play the major party games, so its a matter of seeking another way to get at the legal leeches & bloodsucking parasites. On the other hand, whatever one does is purely for ones own satisfaction & gratification. Australians generally being the unbelievably apathetic sheeple they are, its inconceivable that any effort expended in 'fixing' the political debacle would be appreciated. Look for example at how Pauline Hanson was treated. Love her or hate her, by far the most important thing she was attempting was to restore a measure of accountability. In my books, she should receive a knighthood or whatever for service to the Australian people. Note particularly that it wasn't a matter of re-instituting the white Australia policy, stopping ALL migration, exterminating aboriginies, or any of a zillion distractions dreamed up by her opponents, it was abou

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To return to the subject at hand, is there any point in even thinking about the impending financial realignment / utterly crooked political circus / new world order / blah blah blah. The sheeple generally don't give a rats, they obviously rate the footbrawl, Home & Away or whatever that moronic 'lets wreck some poor mugs house' TV series more important than anything else. Those few who do even show an interest are generally haring off up some dry gully to do with FEMA camps or the Bilderbergs / Rothschilds / Queen Lizzie or chemtrails or some other equally hair-brained idea. Are there any halfway sane citizens left who can see we are heading for a disaster or have they all been nobbled like Pauline Hanson ?? Maybe its the fluoride in the water acting as a sedative as a few claim ... doesn't affect me because I haven't consumed 'town' water for yonks.

Where exactly IS this country heading ??

I believe there is a continental drift of about 25mm North per century.

Ahem, SM... check bottom of p.2.

WmTrevor

Damn!

rehctub, you say "And to think this government see the miners as leaches, not paying their fair share."
I think the intent was to fairly tax the leaches like Twiggy, Gina and Clive who are creaming off such enormous earnings that they could not possible spend them except on copies of an antique ship.
Yes the miners themselves earn and spend money but even that is being hacked at by the push for flyin/flyout foreign workers.
The plaintive bleat that they cannot get skilled workers is a thinly disguised ploy to bring in workers that can be paid less than locals and give them even bigger profits,