..this stain of a government and their ideology of hate and greed and exploitation.
mikk,
where you been lately ? They got voted out at the last election while you were dreaming.

Arjay Tell us what this 600 billion $ in debt consists of.

The ravings by Mikk, 579 etc excusing the rorters is pathetic.
We have already entered the decline to zero growth so when the crunch
comes again, the government will have no choice but to cut the dole
very significantly. The age pension will also be cut as will very large
numbers of public service employees and their salaries.

Further on somewhere after 2020 the situation will worsen considerably.
There is even a risk, how great I haven't a clue, that the Federal
government will become largely non operative due to a lack of money.

A while back I said I was going to read a book, The Collapse of Complex Societies.
Well I am half way through it and it is a hard work read, but we have
all been there before and there are dozens of theories as to why this
or that society collapsed.
One of the major reasons is resources drying up, soil exhaustion, etc
together with the people being unable to accept that change is needed.

It seems the more complex the more unstable the society is.
We are exhibiting all the early signs of collapse.

The dole cheaters will be the first to contribute to the population decline.

Yuyutsu I hope you are right, but I doubt it. Your kid thief will soon get onto grog or drugs, & want more than a few pennies. I believe you're kidding yourself if you think their minor pinching won't turn into major theft.

I hate thieves. I once had a station wagon window smashed because I had a used 5 liter liquid soap bottle full of water on the floor. Some rotten thief caused considerable damage for nothing.

When living on an island, we left our vehicles in a car park at the ferry terminal when we went to town. One day I got only 25 feet before the thing ran out of petrol. Rotten thieves had not just syphoned out a bit of fuel, but had taken the bung out of the bottom of the tank to drain the lot.

Worse, not only did they not replace the bung, or drop it on the ground, they had thrown it into the bush. It took 3 days of no vehicle, & a 2 mile walk home, to get a replacement.

The pinching of petrol escalated, along with an increase in malicious damage to the vehicles, for some time. It stopped suddenly just after a report of 3 youths being found severely beaten. They must have hit the wrong car, or owner.

Training kids to steal by letting them get away with a little pilfering is a very bad idea

It's interesting to note that so many on this blog vilify people like Gina Rinehart and her ilk for being wealthy and providing this country with so much employment, When she could sit back and do nothing.

I never see anyone complaining over the likes of Mark Webber who earns 12 million a year and Tim Cahill earns 4.5 million for kicking a soccer ball and that's probably without all the endorsements. Ricky Ponting 3.5 million. Hugh Jackman has been offered 100 million to do 4 more series of Wolverine. Is he worth that sort of money ? I don't know, but why is it that "celebrities" can't be criticised, but if you provide wealth in the form of employment in this country you are considered rubbish by socialists.

As Gina Rinhart said "The political left is torn and confused. One moment they hate our very existence and even want us closed down — but in another, they don’t want to stop spending the revenue that they count on from us in taxes and royalties"

As Margaret Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is you eventually run out of other people money"

No one is excusing dole bludgers, it is unfair to lump everybody in the same tub.
BAZZ says we have entered a period of negative growth. The AU economy is powering along at 3.2 % annual growth. With the downturn of mining manufacturing is coming back, which means interest rates are set to rise.
Wherever Bazz gets his info from. it is certainly not from AU business.
Either that or he believes Abbott the liar.
No one wants to have a go at what the supposed 600 billion debt consists of. More lies.
Every govt for the last 20 years or so has to leave office with supposed projections. It is a fictitious number and can not be substantiated.