I'll give a free green thumb to anybody that can explain to me how the Libs woul have handled the situation or the future in a better way.

You might find it hard, I struggle to remember any alternative policy from them. Do they even have any????

CMC said...

I'll give a free green thumb to anybody that can explain to me how the Libs woul have handled the situation or the future in a better way.

You might find it hard, I struggle to remember any alternative policy from them. Do they even have any????

tony's been too busy ripping (or trying) strips of julia to be bothered with that kind of stuff

julia is also busy patching up policy stuff ups and making sure bob feels good about himself

getfunky said...

bjw said...

Granted that some of the things they have done have been good;

The insulation scheme might have been good for many, but it clearly wasn't a success.

The 900$ was again fun, but my business saw a sales kick of 1 week then receded to the pre-stimulas level afterwards. Again ok performance, but not a success.

But Im still waiting for a success????

Pretty sure you spent the $900 on pimps didn't ya?

Insulation scheme wasn't allowed to succeed due to a few oportunistic dodgy business peeps doing shonky work.. and the witch hunt media circus that followed.

As others have said, most insulation jobs and schools etc were good jobs..but good stories don't rate in the news (or push biased barrows up a slanted hills ey bjw).

Glass is more than half full buddy.

the insulation scheme was very poorly administrated. how could it be anything else when every fly by nighter cowboy got involved.

its the goverments stuffup and nobody elses.

mind blowing how just about everything in the building industry is red tape riddled and this just slips under the radar.

way to keen to throw away taxpayers money imo

its a sad state our political parties are in. next election is a dartboard job

FormulaNova said...

laceys lane said...

the insulation scheme was very poorly administrated. how could it be anything else when every fly by nighter cowboy got involved.

its the goverments stuffup and nobody elses.

mind blowing how just about everything in the building industry is red tape riddled and this just slips under the radar.

way to keen to throw away taxpayers money imo

its a sad state our political parties are in. next election is a dartboard job

On the one hand some people say there is too much government involvement and that things are over-regulated in a nanny-state.

On the other hand sometimes the same people say that the government should have been there.

I guess you just can't win.

this is the problem- yes. i'll talk with my builders hat on here.

there was a stage when every you beaut investor, got some money and want to make some more money were getting builders licences when they knew jack about building.
quite often they were the sort that went bust. sad part was these dudes would kick off again in three months time usually using some poor saps rego.

so everybody suffered when the powers that be decided to clamp down on the industry. now there is not a month that goes by without the bsa waving the big stick threatening everyone. interestingly the bsa is a labor goverment idea going back to the goss era.

now if the powers to be(liberal/labor) controled building registrations properly back in the early eighties and used some foresight there wouldn't be a need for excessive red tape and control we see today.

i bet its pretty tough to get a insulation installers ticket now, be it all to late---- again

russh said...

Have a roof over my head - check
Have a car - check
Can buy fuel - check
Have a job - check
Kids have a school to go to - check
Have food on the table - check
Have freedom to surf and sail - check
Pay taxes and have helped pay for hospitals, pensions unemployment benefits roads etc - check

Nothing to whinge about here - seriously we've got it so good in this country we struggle to find real issues to moan about.

The opposition always look good when all they have to do is run a negative campaign against the current government (no matter which party it is) - the grass may seem greener on the other side of the fence - but it all sprouts from the same canberra dirt

rented roof now- check

have a car just, badly needs replacing- check

2 to 3 days work a week, can be a whole week with nothing and i'm not the only one- check

plenty for time to surf due to the above - check

no plans or commitment for the building industry , getting on to three years now- check

reckon i can whinge about a few things, but your right, will it get any better with the opposition.

well after 3 years i'm willing to take a punt

FormulaNova said...

laceys lane said...

russh said...

Have a roof over my head - check
Have a car - check
Can buy fuel - check
Have a job - check
Kids have a school to go to - check
Have food on the table - check
Have freedom to surf and sail - check
Pay taxes and have helped pay for hospitals, pensions unemployment benefits roads etc - check

Nothing to whinge about here - seriously we've got it so good in this country we struggle to find real issues to moan about.

The opposition always look good when all they have to do is run a negative campaign against the current government (no matter which party it is) - the grass may seem greener on the other side of the fence - but it all sprouts from the same canberra dirt

rented roof now- check

have a car just, badly needs replacing- check

2 to 3 days work a week, can be a whole week with nothing and i'm not the only one- check

plenty for time to surf due to the above - check

no plans or commitment for the building industry , getting on to three years now- check

reckon i can whinge about a few things, but your right, will it get any better with the opposition.

well after 3 years i'm willing to take a punt

You have been 3 years with only 2 to 3 days a week of work? Time to leave Christmas Island and go where the work is or retrain in something else.

i've been building all my working life, thats what i know. go where? retrain at my age, is it possible.

there are a heck of a lot of people in the same boat in my neck of the woods.

there has been a bit of spark of late, crossing my fingers it keeps building up.

most of these down turns have never lasted this long in my time. i suppose we've expected things to turn sooner.

i might add historically when the liberals are in the building game fairs better. thats regardless of what side of the fence one politically sits

cheers

So, are you guys saying that tradies and builders got NO work from the schools program?

So where did the Lend Leases of the world get their workers from to build the school halls? Do they just have armies of brickies and sparkies sitting on their arses doing nothing waiting for some government to announce a new building program? Have you applied for a job with them? Or did you lot just fail to go where the work was when it was there and so missed out?

Mobydisc said...
Is that a good thing? More law, more regulation, more red tape, more cost, more tax, less enterprise, less personal responsibility, less freedom.

None of those thing automatically follow, actually.

Most are amendments to keep existing law current & working.
Some repeal old laws (ie less law)
Most new ones are to deal with new problems - ie
horse disease response = hendra virus.

Look for yourself, eg:
parlinfo.aph.gov.au:443/parlInfo/search/search.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=priority,title;page=9;query=Dataset_Phrase%3A%22billhome%22%20ParliamentNumber%3A%2243%22;resCount=Default