Individual, my post just before yours, has the implications that all
the cutbacks you listed will happen no matter who is in power because
it will be imposed by the economy whether the politicians want it or not.

Your scenario has not yet happened, but Abbott has been losing his grip on core promises since day one. Lets remember abbott had a very loose tongue before the election. Pledges in blood. It's no wonder he is battling to get any recognition, how do you recognise lies.

Dear Johan (OUG),

Again Thanks for your comments.

I agree that the so called "poverty programs,"
don't seem to be working as well as they should.
And not being knowledgeable in the field of
economics - I was thinking out loud.
Hopefully experts can come
up with some better solutions. We've got so many
experts in this country as well as advisors to the
governments we elect. You'd think that between them
all - a bipartisan approach could be developed that
could be supported by everyone and would benefit us
all. Wouldn't it be great if our governments were
made up of the very best people for each portfolio -
with no concerns about party affiliations and other
loyalties - but simply the best qualified people to
the best job. But I guess I'm being naive. How can we keep
politics out of politics?

Dear Bazz,

Thank You for the book and your comments.

I'm an avid reader - so I shall try to get hold of
a copy. Definitely.
This Easter break gives me enough time to at least
make a start with reading. I'll let you know how
I get on.

Dear Individual,

I think they're still at the "discussion stage," at present.
At least that's the impression I've received from listening
to the Coalition politicians. Hopefully, they are telling us
the truth. But who knows.

Abort is slumping in the polls because a portion of the community has woken up that the neoconlibs are owned by and act for big business.
The “little” people are of no consequence except as a source of labour as cheap as it can be and then as consumers and taxpayers.
The thing to take into account is that 50% of the proles are illiterate. This means that they cannot study what is happening in the world and have to take what is fed to them by the MSM.
A good example is the rubbish about the trade agreements he has just signed.
They will only bring a lower standard of living eventually with even more jobs being exported offshore.
It may increase the profits of the miners and agribusiness but the bulk of the population will be worse off with only lowtech work available.

Oh Foxy, Foxy, Foxy, how are we going to wean you off this dreadful propaganda machine you listen to/read. That one that keeps filling your pretty little head with all this rubbish.

Then those experts you hanker for, careful there too sweetie. If they get to open their mouths on that propaganda site, you know they are lefty academics, yet to learn how to change their own nappy. They won't be there if they have grown up enough to have their eyes open.

If it is on the ABC, you can bet individual was right. It was taken at the gate of the uni., used by the arts faculty, just after one of those academics had given them an hours harangue on how dreadful is Tony.

Onto things much more important, how is that heart going. Improving I hope.

Robert Le Page>>Abort is slumping in the polls because a portion of the community has woken up that the neoconlibs are owned by and act for big business.<<

Rob to be fair and factual...our Commonwealth bank was sold off by the Labor Party....Every State Bank we had was sold off by Labor or as in the SA bank, bankrupted by the Labor Party. The major shareholders of all those sold off banks are other non Australian banks and financial institutions.....

The BER program that saw us paying three...four...or five times the going rate for the work was not due to overcharging by the tradies who carried out the work...big business construction companies and State Labor governments (who were all broke) got the two three four and five...as I said the tradies got the industry screw you rate.

Nah mate the solicitors and union supremo’s that fill the ranks of the political wing are every bit as cosy with the bankers and multinationals as you quite rightly accuse the Coalition as being......