Hasbeen,
First past the post is the only system.
The best win and there is no prize for failure.
Education at the higher levels is based on need and not ability and the wrong people are being elevated to social ranks that do nothing for the society.

It's like a return to the failed Thatcher/Reagan neo-conservative policies - but worse.
wobbles,
If it is, which i think it isn't then there's only one lot to blame & that's the previous government. Had they had just an ounce of competence they could have done then what they now promise to no end in opposition.

chrisgaff1000-Your success was very much brought about by the financial standing of your parents.I acknowledge that you may be academically inclined, but, there were probably many more young people during that time, that were smarter than you,but could never achieve what you achieved because of their financial standing.Your parents wealth gave you wealth ! Appreciate that but also acknowledge that not all of us are so fortunate as you ! You are right when you say nothing is for free,that's why we pay tax to cover health,welfare and EDUCATION ! There is nothing free about that :)

Listen all you Lib/Coalition bashers;
It doesn't really matter whether you believe the government lied or
shaved the meaning of their promises or kept close to what they
promised.

What really matters that the debt has got to be reduced and quickly.
The government is not doing it fast enough and they will get into trouble if they don't crack down harder.

You are raving about he said, he said, who lied and who didn't about
this that or the other.
The crux of the matter is:-

YOU DON"T HAVE THE MONEY !

GOT IT !

trapdiocan,
Do you really believe that you, or any other, has any right whatsoever to anything that I own, earn or create?
Get off your ass and work for what ever you can get otherwise starve and die like they do in the third, forth, fifth world countries.
I pay for production not because you are hungry or can't pay your energy bills.
If I make money then you get a share but that share is what I think you have earned not what you believe you need.
Crap like paid parental leave for self inflicted wounds (having children)simply meant that I employ no women at all.
Read Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' maybe then you'll have a clue.

BAZZ/BASH/QUOTE..>>//<<..You are raving
about he said, he said, who lied
and who didn't about/this that or the other.>

THE SYSTEM THRIVES/BY DIVIDE AND CON

<<>.The crux of the matter is:-

YOU DON"T HAVE THE MONEY..!..>>

NO THE crux of the matter..is we got the moneY
And the money changers seek to DEVALUE ITS WORTH/YET AGAIN

THE CRUZ OF THE MATTER IS BANKERS ARE CREATING MONEY
that can never be re[aid/by those deemed tpo carry the burden

like the poor/cant afford even an aircon
yet its we who carry the burdEN..[READ COST]..of gold plating
the systeM/POLES/PIPES/WIRES..we never actually get to use..yet those scamming the govt to sell power at 3 times real peak price//the bLudgers use solar[input]/to blow up neighbors appliance with too much over-load supply/when the sun shines..and lech back/off the grid..[at off peak]..at nights

We HAVE A TOTAL GOVT DEBT BURDEN..many times the federal debt
who set up the debt burden..with easy credit from bAnkers/SO THAT BANKERS CAN STEAL THE assets/WHEN WE INEVITABLY DEFAULT.WE CAN KEP FEEDING BABY HUEy/the bwanker..or eAT THE DUCK DINNER

IN the end..the poor will eat the rich
who for to long have reaped into private trusts/the looted plundered booty of our common wealth stolen...