Jayb,

"Yep. ALP, LNP, somewhere along their tenure."

Haha.....very funny!

I'm sure you'll enjoy this Mike Carlton piece he puts it so well.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/tory-selfdestruction-is-so-painfully-enjoyable-20140606-zs0e2.html

"You can smell the doubt in Tory ranks, see the fear in Tory eyes. It’s not yet panic, although in this febrile political climate it wouldn’t take much to start one. But they are worried, deeply worried, that Tony Abbott might just have lost the plot.

This swine of a budget has been a disaster, both in its construction and its political execution. Stunned by the public protest, Abbott and his ministers have been furiously daubing the pig with lipstick, but it’s not working. The polls have the Coalition trailing badly on the primary vote and Bill Shorten is streets ahead as preferred prime minister, even though he has done little but keep his bum pointed to the ground."

"The polls tell you more and more people are realising Abbott has not so much lost the plot as that he never had one. In opposition he was the wrecker, brutally effective against a divided and demoralised Labor Party, promising to lead an adult government faithful to its election commitments. But in power he and his ministers trudge through the smoking ruins of their policy flip-flops and broken promises, haplessly blaming their predecessors for the mess. This scaled new heights of idiocy on Wednesday when Defence Minister David Johnston proclaimed that it was Labor’s fault Abbott’s RAAF VIP jet had been late leaving for Indonesia."

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Yup, individual....I'm sure the health system will be thrilled to address all the major health problems arising in the wake of people deciding to put off seeking advice about minor ones.

We see the news doctors are reporting a 'significant' drop in the number of people seeking attention since the budget was announced due to the worry over paying the $7 contribution.

Firstly I don't believe there has been a significant drop. And how would they know the $7 was the reason if they didn't ask? And if they asked and heard that was the reason they could simply inform the fee hasn't started yet.

But on another note, anyone who is genuinely sick enough to feel the need to see a doctor would not be stopped by $7. And anyone who weighs up and decideds $7 is the deal breaker can't really be that sick or in need. Too many people run to the doctor for every little sniffle, perhaps the $7 is a good deterrent.

Poirot,
Your last post is just simple hangers-on gobbledeegook. Of course the kids are cranky when Mommy stops dishing out the lollies.
That is precisely the situation we're at now. The ALP Govt was the devious uncle handing out the sweets & the Coalition is the more responsible Mom telling the kids not to accept any more gifts from uncle Labor.

But Mr Abbott is now suggesting the states don’t really need the money.
“Money isn’t everything,” he said on Sunday. “Over the years we have thought the only solution to school problems was more money. Now money is important, no doubt about that, but are you really saying that we can’t be more efficient in schools? Can’t we be more efficient in hospitals?”

poirot: Haha.....very funny!

No. I was serious. Do you seriously believe that the ALP, or any Political Party never broke a promise, or never intended to break any promises they made during their Election Campaign as soon as it got into power or some where along it's tenure?

If you do, then you need a good dose of reality.

Breaking promises is what Political Parties do. Although they say that, we (the Public) misunderstood, misread their intention, was reported wrongly, circumstances changed, their hand was forced & it was the other Party's fault anyway. All Political Parties are the same horse, just a different colour.

sbr108: Too many people run to the doctor for every little sniffle.

You are so right. The lady down the road kiddy fell of his bike with training wheels, gravel rashed his hand & elbow. She took the child to the Doctor. I said to her, "What was the matter with a little kiss & a hug, a dab of Iodine & a band Aid. " She didn't know what Iodine was. Everything is an emergency & needs a Doctor. A sniffle is definitely "The Flu" not a common cold. 7 days of lemon & honey sip, an occasional aspirin & rest. No, got to have Antibiotics, which do no good for a virus anyway.

Scrapes cuts & scratches, Boils were always attended by the Ambulance man. A suggestion was made that the nurse at the Doctors surgery could look after these things, They made an assessment as to whether the person really needed to waste the Doctors time. The Doctors thought they might miss out on a lucrative remuneration con & canned that idea.

individual,

".... The ALP Govt was the devious uncle handing out the sweets & the Coalition is the more responsible Mom telling the kids not to accept any more gifts from uncle Labor."

Well, double Lol!

Guess who was the fella who initially started the trend, ramping up middle-class welfare...nominating the middle-class as "battlers" and pork-barrelling for his life.

(Ans...Johnnie Howard)

Check the record if you will - and you'll find that is accurate.

That's when he wasn't busy selling public assets to achieve his "surplus".

At least he wasn't a dimwit like Abbott, who today, apparently, publicly referred to Canada as "Canadia".