People like Kendra will find that many of these taxes and charges are State based.The NSW Govt has just increased 700 state taxes and charges.Electricity for business is now doubled.They will drive more business from this State,keeping wages low and we will begin see unemployment rise here.Iemma and his bunch of incompetents just haven't a clue.Under the influence of the PS Unions,they have flatly refused to reign in their excesses.Morris on the media is like a deer caught in the spotlight,frozen with fear and not a clue in which direction to flee.

Why when people are complaining most bitterly about things being so wrong why don't they sheet home the blame where most belongs.. their state governments.
Poor Mr Howard cops a lot of abuse from the complainents who can not or will not realise that most of the trouble comes from their own dysfunctional state ALP.
John Howard hs been an excellent Prime Minister, I hope he goes on much longer being just that.

When is a "Coalition" not a coalition? There's the rub, my friends.
Labor (labour by any other name) is the biggest "coalition" of all. Supported by power hungry unionists and self flagellating do-gooders whose policies are set to achieve majority vote at election time, but whose real purpose is only to bring themselves the huge riches that political power brings. What is the size of their individual or collective "Carbon footprints"? They squeel about poverty and invoke everyone to "Save the Planet" - but where is their personal contribution?
It is time there was more honesty in Politics and less "Motherhood".
As for the "Coalition", my suggestion is that they should act like one and show some real leadership in social issues instead of trying to out-do the opposition in the popularity stakes..