Dear AC,

On the contrary. The stats say otherwise.

Australia is a happier place than most.

At the moment all we need is a change of
leadership.

Would have reported the above but can not link to do it, NSW budget throws money around like confetti, trouble is very little of it go,s to those in real need those feeding the homeless got zero, and we in this state have more of them than any other, what is so wrong about helping those in need?

Belly, all that stamp duty windfall from the sky high Sydney property market, along with public asset sell offs. This is one of the most incompetent governments NSW has ever had. Soon they are going to have to come up with an extra $2 billion of taxpayer money to take over from the useless Spanish contractor they have "working" on the Sydney light rail project. BTW the contractor is suing the government for $1.1 billion, claiming he was mislead.

Unfortunately, with a state election up for next March, your man Luke Foley comes across as a weak powder puff in my book. Labor needs another Neville Wran, otherwise its 4 more years of the nose job.

//Labor needs another Neville Wran, otherwise its 4 more years of the nose job.//

Let us hope the Liberals all stay focused on beating each other up and trampling old ladies rather than beating the opposition:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/liberal-party-brawl-at-arncliffe-cafe/9883926

Because they seem hell bent on destroying NSW, and with another 4 years in government they just might be able to pull it off.

Don't think they'll be getting too many votes up my way, mind you. Not after their genius 'Revitalise Newcastle' scheme which has made an absolute mess of what used to be quite a nice place.

Toni, it took place in my neck of the woods, down at Michel Nagi's cafe. Nagi is a Liberal councillor on the newly formed Bayside Council. The bloke has a history? As does Labor there with major corruption uncovered in the old totally Labor controlled Botany Council, now about 1/3 part of Bayside Council, with the old, rather smelly, Rockdale Council forming the other 2/3.

I don't think it will be too long before something goes off in Bayside Council, and the State Minister will have to intervene. Didn't like the Liberal team put up at the council elections, not because they were Liberals, but some of them reminded me to much of Salim Mehajer once an Auburn councillor.

Belly, if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, by all means dream on, but the reality is the world you are wanting is the world we had some 30 odd years ago.

You see this working world you want got replaced by first, super for all employees, of cause from a trade off on wages at first,3%, but then led to little more than a hand out. Still no sign of employees having to save for themselves either BTW.

Then there was unfair dismissal, where people did ridiculous things, got sacked, then got their jobs back. It's my understanding now that to be sacked for three warnings, all three have to be for the same offence.

Of later has been the wide spread of the likes of 2 on 2 off, $150K per year. Of cause these arrangements we popular in a world where coal/oil were above $100 per ton/barrel, and profits were huge. Those days are also gone, but workers can't accept that those conditions have to go as well.

As for welfare reform, well that's on it's way and boy is that going to be a shake up. Of cause those who did the right thing are being dragged down by the crooks, but that's nothing new either unfortunately. Having said that, I have no sympathy for anyone who smokes, drinks heavily, or takes drugs and gets sick, although I do feel for the kids. But again much of their paid could have been avoided had the baby bonus been better planned.

So as I say Belly, enjoy your dream mate, but when you do wake up, just remember how much of what we now have has been brought on by, or at least assisted by, the unions. Stress leave, domestic violence leave, parental leave, the list goes on and it all comes at a cost, but some of us knew that, and others ignored the warnings.
Casualization is simply a reaction to an action.
Continued