Fair go Walsh, the bloke has done more in 8-9 mths than the previous 'Give the public anything they will vote for and bugger the long-term consequences' little gollum did in 10 yrs.

Kevo is the closest thing to a polli (from all walks of politics) with vision and forward thinking this country has seen since.... actually I can't think back that far??

His policies aren't always going to be luvvy duvvy with the masses, but are simply long, long overdue mate. Can't live in a 5bdrm x 3 bthrm bubble forever when the shinola is creeping up to your doorstep...

Also - at least Rudd doesn't get out in a fkn dkhead tracksuit doing the Gestapo march every morning... I'd vote on that alone!!

Its true that prices seem to be going up while wages stay around the same. KRudd needs to do something positive.

For example the Murray Darling River. First KRudd has to do is to tell the states to STFU and get it into their thick heads its a national river. So if the rain falls on QLD that doesn't mean the water belongs to Queenslanders.

Second he says the Feds have put over a billion dollars on the table to save the river. What will save the river? More water. So buy out all the big irrigators, knock down the weirs and get some water flowing. Buy out the Cubbie Stations and release the water they hold. That will do a heap more than setting up a committee. We need more water supply so perhaps we should be building water pipes from the tropics down south. Look at a map, its all downhill.

Build a canal from the South Coast to fill up Lake Eyre with sea water. Its gotta be good to increase water vapour in the atmosphere and get more rain. Plus it would be great for fishing and other water sports. It gets pretty windy in the desert and also quite hot.

KRudd needs to stop being such a smarty pants, especially when the only thing he has done is put taxes up on grog. The Feds are swimming in cash while plenty of ordinary Aussies are doing it tougher and tougher.


If the economy goes bad, which it looks like its going to, the KRudd government will go down as a one term government.

Edit:
Its pretty stupid to start talking about new taxes when the economy is going down the gurgler. Less economic activity will reduce pollution anyway.

Just what we need --- politics on a sport site.

Yeah I suppose this shouldn't be on here - but here goes anyway

The carbon trading system is going to be a killer for the mining industry. Other heavy carbon emitters like coal fueled power stations, Alcoa and the like get massive concessions - seems to defeat the purpose somewhat hence the greenies are upset too, but the mining and transport companies and middle sixed manufacturing are going to cop the lot. The transport industry also does not need any further cost burden - watch the price rises in all goods. Another problem is the carbon trading scheme, this allows speculators and finance houses to buy the permits and sell to highest bidder so that end-users of them will not only pay what is fair but also margins for these leeches. Hmmm the big winners out of this will be the banks/financiers and government - seems Cruddy is more aligned to certain big business than the labor origins would suggest.

Why a carbon trading system? just bring in a simple carbon tax that apllies to all industry on a level basis with concessions where really needed - the whole thing seems like another concocted tax with big benefits to certain lobby groups - without attempting to solve the real issue. This will kill manufacturing totally - where does Ruddy want Australia to end up - just finance houses and a few very big industrial giants - he is #$%ing over the economy with this one IMO.

RECESSION here we come.

Hi Rex, I'm all for a carbon/greenhouse gas tax (hope that this is proven the correct cause of climate change for everyones sake) - atleast it will clean up alot of the pollutants we are pumping out - but the carbon tax needs to be on a fair basis and not that creates another admin/financial jungle that will destroy middle level manufacturing (what we have left). It should be fair though and not enable financial houses to make massive profits off - this just increases the burden of the tax on those that incur it - a further shift of wealth from the producers to the financiers/speculators, hmmm very anti-labor charter. A simple carbon emmissions tax would avoid this - why the complicated mess they are promoting.

PS: Schools is still a long way out as to whether any carbon emmission decreases will help prevent climate change as there are so many other factors - everyone seems to be on the bandwagon that the climate we have enjoyed in our history is the norm for the planet and that there are no cycles outside of this - fools.

Mobydisc said...

Rex said...

Or alternatively we could just sit back and do nothing, and wait for the public to voluntarily sell thier w@nker tankers, stop over consuming energy and collectively screwing up the earth. I go for this option because its easy, doesnt raise my cost of living and I probably wont be around when it all comes to a head anyway.

As the price of fuel goes up then people will naturally start looking for alternatives.

So yesterday the price of crude, dropped just over 6 bucks (US) overnight, our $ increased some 2c against the good ol green back over same period. And purchase of the black gold is always in US currency
That makes just over an 8 buck a barrel reduction in the price..................
How come we haven't yet seen any reduction at the pump, huh, how come.??
Well its because the economy of the Government of the day is addicted to the revenue its generating. We (Joe citizen) cant win, no matter what, or who is in government
Shafted as per

b4 it's locked... he's a total douche or shyster. what ever you wanna call him

You forgot to lock it Lozza

Rex said...

Or alternatively we could just sit back and do nothing, and wait for the public to voluntarily sell thier w@nker tankers, stop over consuming energy and collectively screwing up the earth. I go for this option because its easy, doesnt raise my cost of living and I probably wont be around when it all comes to a head anyway.

Well bloody said Rex

Last in before lock ..