Dear Poirot,

Here's another bit of information that should
warm the hearts of conservatives.
This was taken from The Age, Tuesday, October 1st, 2013.

"Public service bosses in Tony Abbott's department
are not keen to talk about royal portraits that have
appeared at their Canberra headquarters. Workers at
the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet were
surprised to find a portrait of the Queen hanging in the
staff briefing room when they filed in on Wednesday
for Mr Abbott's first meet-and-greet with his news
department. Insiders say the portrait was not there
before the election victory. Mr Abbott was a key player
in the "No" Campaign during the Republican Referendum in
1999. There is also talk that another royal image
has appeared in the executive suites in the upper reaches
of the National Circuit building."

Perhaps Mr Abbott is hoping for a medal from Her Majesty,
similar to the one his mentor - John Howard received?

With all the hiding Abbott does, hiding the boats, hiding the debt, hiding from the media, he should create a new department, The Department for Hiding. Can't tell you where it is because Abbott hid it somewhere, and wont say.
In 3 weeks this government has created a small mess, given 3 years... well, they will multiply the mess by 52, stands to reason.

P,

I realize that using your brain might cause an aneurysm, but just for once look at the figures.

Considering that as parliament has not sat, the country is still following the debt trajectory set by Labor which is for a $30bn deficit, or roughly $600m/wk. This would be roughly $2bn since Labor was rejected by the voters.

The additional $6bn as discussed before is bond turn over, and would occur even when the government was running a budget surplus. Stephen Koukoulas is deliberately being loose with the truth to make a political point. This is commonly known as lying.

Repeating a lie, when you know it is a lie, makes one a liar.

As far as inventive ways to hide government debt is concerned, Labor is the past master.

Just look at the "off the books" Ponzi scheme that is NBN co.

SM,

At the risk of keeping you barking.

I repeat.....

"Treasurer Joe Hockey is considering identifying government borrowings raised to fund infrastructure as separate from debt raised to cover the budget deficit as the Abbott government contemplates an infrastructure spending splurge."

"But the Coalition must first execute a stunning political about-face to explain why it may increase debt, and let the deficit increase, after years of attacking Labor over “debt and deficits”."

Could that be termed "hypHockrisy"?

LOl!

Putting it another way...

http://www.theage.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/20th-century-solutions-to-21st-century-transport-problems-20131003-2uv4e.html

"Executing a 180-degree turn is a tricky manoeuvre for a naval fleet as big as the one sailing into Sydney Harbour this weekend. While there's less danger to life, limb and rigging, it's also difficult for a coalition that's spent the past four years fighting a phoney war about government debt.

But there are more signs that Joe Hockey is signalling that just such a turn is in the offing. The big bloke is about to attempt a backflip with half twist – everybody stand back."

"The semantics are wonderful: the Labor Party generated evil government debt that will enslave your children; the Liberal Party will access capital markets to set your children free."

Con artists.....