I've just heard that Toyota has decided to 'tear the blanket' with it's Australian Vehicle assembly operations in c.2016/7 ? It would seem now, all that capitol government/s have given these last remaining Motor Vehicle duopolies were just wasted ?

But I do think that SPC (Coca Cola) were/are a special case. Similar to our vast mineral resources, our agricultural assets are just as important as our mining industry is.

Surely then, an injection of twenty five million dollars in order to upgrade their plant and equipment is not too much to ask ? It's my understanding, SPC are a viable and productive company, but need this modest assistance in order to upgrade vital plant and equipment. Why not approve this small injection of funds, for this worthy purpose ?

Don't worry about Abbott, Hockey and Co telling "porkies" now. If as some are predicting we are heading for an economic downturn, with rising unemployment, business failures, the economy slowing etc. Australia will then learn the hard way how clueless this government is. With their typical conservative philosophy, the mantra will be "batten down the hatches and we'll ride our the storm." In the past conservatives have taken this position when confronted with a declining economy, and failed, and failed badly. Soon the Australian population will begin to realise that these so called economic gurus are in fact clueless imbeciles with not the slightest understanding of what to do in tough economic times. Abbott is already starting to exhibit these worrying traits.

Hockey yesterday told a miss truth, or did he?
Well he quoted a man who told us today Hockey claim is un true is that a lie?

Nah! Belly, Hockey is part of the 'tag team'. Abbott blames the worker, tips off to Hockey, and then Hockey blames the worker! Now when Murdoch takes over the ABC you wont be getting this kind of commie rubbish;

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-12/hockey-toyota-union-conditions-workers-cars-manufacturing/5254334

I think it was Howard who said something like "It was a non core lie."

All too true Paul.
However what truly stuns me is both think they have a mandate to do just about anything!
It is Labors to take now.
So every day must see us closer to what voters want, and further away from policy,s that harm us.
There is the very heart of politics numbers.
We must and hopefully will win over those who did not vote for us.

"We must and hopefully will win over those who did not vote for us."

Belly that is indeed the problem. I argue this with others within my own party at times. The trick is developing "acceptable policy" without abounding ones principles, a tricky thing to achieve. I don't deny pragmatism has its place, but should not be confused with popularism, Simply trying to win power for powers sake. Getting the mix right is the trick. The Labor Party is committed to being a progressive party with positive policies, where as the conservatives very much embrace a negative philosophy, which at the end of the day is relatively easy, its more or less a case of do nothing with them.
I look at the problems facing us today, and many of them can be traced back to conservative governments of the past, some of them Labor governments, taking the soft options.
The car industry is a classic example of doing it the easy way. Post WWII, let the multinationals in, they set it up under very generous terms, they run it, and they make all the decisions, now where does that leave us, sure in times past we gained a few jobs, but little else. Mining is in the same situation, as is most Australian industry. When the faceless men in the boardrooms of New York or where ever make a decision, Australia has no say what so ever and that is sad, some of the blame lays with past governments failing to act at critical times in our history.