Why penalise the people because of an incompetent govt. what happened to jobs and innovation which has not been heard of since the election.

If you keep downgrading the citizens things will get worse and worse. Repression was never the answer to an economy under pressure.

What we need is stimulus to put life in the economy.

Out national debt is 530 billion $. Wages growth is stagnant. When Abbott won the election by fraud our debt was 250 billion $ and now it has doubled.

This govt has not worked we are in need of an election.

Hi Doog,

Straw man. What don't you understand about "if there is work around" ?

Of course, governments should be finding ways to create more jobs. If they did that, there would be far fewer skivers. Well, there might be more skivers starving, but all they would have to do - if the jobs were there - is take one. Get their hands dirty. Put up with something that is a bit boring. Come home with a sore back and crave to put their feet up.

And, of course, they could ask me for sympathy. Not that they would get it :)

Joe

CHRISGAFF1000...

Your forgot about the 'Consorting Act' and the 'Summary Offences'. Why not go the whole way and bring back the old, but tried and true, 'Police Offences' Act as well? Thet'll fix 'em.

Our economy is at an all time high 1.6 trillion. The populous has no spending money or not game to spend any, because this govt does not have a firm pathway, nobody knows what is going to happen next.

The only thing missing is stimulus. The atmosphere is not inductive of a consumer market. All you hear about is cut this chop that this is creating uncertainty and people have closed their wallets.

How long do we go down this path until they figure out it is not working.

I live in a town full of long term unemployed and backpackers doing dozens of jobs around town.
No dole should be paid to anyone in town whilst we have to use backpackers to keep our local economy going.

Dear Joe,

What's there to add? I would still support those who do not wish to work, but not through compulsory taxation, not through robbery of those who have no heart to help them. There are many who do not wish or are not suitable to be involved in a formal economic way in the industrial rat-race, but can still contribute in other, even better, ways and I would like to encourage that. Many work-places make immoral demands on their workers and I would like employees to know that they don't need to compromise their values just in order to pay their basic bills.

When I pay my taxes, at least I know that a portion of it goes for a good cause.