579 must be really pleased with Howard, as under Howard the real wages of the lowest paid workers increased more than under any equivalent period in history and even more than the 16 previous years under Labor.

Howard was a good leader until he went off the rails, and the people noticed that and the rest is history.
Young peoples wages have got to move along like everyone else's. Even if that creates change. You can't have a working poor as the great US enjoys.
AU is for sale Joe has got the shingle out. Discounts galore, make an offer.
Schools, water, power, public transport, hospitals, medicare, Roads, Bridges, Tin Roofs It's all there and it's all for sale.

579, young people's wages do move with the rest, as wage rises are usually across the board. The idea of reducing the adult wage to below 20 will be the move that does most damage to youth workers, just wait and see if you don't believe me.
Oronicly the policy that killed Howard was work choices, a policy that effected the lazy and unskilled mostly, yet lead to the hundreds of billions in debt we now have, all because people felt sorry for the laziest or lowest skilled worker. What a huge gamble that turned out to be, a gamble that failed.

As for everything for sale, what other options do you see to repay the huge debt your mates left behind. Now that debt wouldn't be such a problem had they left something to show for it. But they left nothing, other than some unfunded dreams or under funded shockers like the NBN.

The fire-sale money is going to stay with the states and not to pay down debt. Hockey is happy with the level of debt.
Whereever you got the idea that the adult wage was going to 17 will not be in your lifetime. That is a normal tactic to get the ball rolling on negotiations. The noalitions brand of NBN is laughable, it will take a change of govt; to rectify it.
You come out with over the top statements that mean nothing.

All asset sales will go into a pool, and the size of the pool won't be made public until the may budget. He doesn't know what is or what is not for sale but it will be made public in may. They are a bunch of comedians.