OzAurora
Refugee
I was amazed to come in here and see that there is no thread about the current Aussie federal election, could this be one of the most important elections since Whitlam was elected and made it an imperative to pull out Australian troops from Vietnam???? I dont know, but certainly it is the most important election of my era. So what are the options???? As I see it,
Howard
Lies
deceit
fearmongering
no 'sorry'
try finding a doctor that still bulk bills
robbing peter to pay paul tactics with unemployment figures- the government is adamant that they have decreased unemployment, however they have merely shuffled these figures around by way of creating 'traineeships'- I have personally been a victim of this two years ago, where I was made redundant from a secretarial position as my employer was able to get someone on a traineeship for 'free'. Of course it is good that the government is making it a priority that people cant just sit around on the dole, but what happens when the traineeship is over?, many employers simply get another person on one (there is no policy of only one traineeship and you must keep your trainees on once they have completed their traineeship), so is this really creating less unemployment at the end of the day?
less higher education funding
increased HECS & PELS rates, creating huge debts for those students who are lucky enough to get in and then at the end of the day, where is the prospect of finding work
and dont even start me on this current governments lack of environmental policies that correctly address the notion of 'environmental sustainability'
a good economy- well this dosnt realy concern me, social equity means more to me and low interest rates, well if the property market wasnt so inflated where I live then maybe low interest rates would be a concern, but I doubt that I will ever be able to buy a house.....
Latham...
the lesser of two evils I guess
The Greens
Get my vote
Howard
Lies
deceit
fearmongering
no 'sorry'
try finding a doctor that still bulk bills
robbing peter to pay paul tactics with unemployment figures- the government is adamant that they have decreased unemployment, however they have merely shuffled these figures around by way of creating 'traineeships'- I have personally been a victim of this two years ago, where I was made redundant from a secretarial position as my employer was able to get someone on a traineeship for 'free'. Of course it is good that the government is making it a priority that people cant just sit around on the dole, but what happens when the traineeship is over?, many employers simply get another person on one (there is no policy of only one traineeship and you must keep your trainees on once they have completed their traineeship), so is this really creating less unemployment at the end of the day?
less higher education funding
increased HECS & PELS rates, creating huge debts for those students who are lucky enough to get in and then at the end of the day, where is the prospect of finding work
and dont even start me on this current governments lack of environmental policies that correctly address the notion of 'environmental sustainability'
a good economy- well this dosnt realy concern me, social equity means more to me and low interest rates, well if the property market wasnt so inflated where I live then maybe low interest rates would be a concern, but I doubt that I will ever be able to buy a house.....
Latham...
the lesser of two evils I guess
The Greens
Get my vote