My life was greatly influenced by my conscription into the army in 1965. At the time I was working in a Country Roads Board camp at Nowa Nowa in East Gippsland, playing football in nearby towns at the weekend, getting into a bit of strife from time to time and enjoying the company of my mates from my hometown of Orbost. (more…)
Posts Tagged Policy
A Proposal for a National Civil Service Scheme
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Should judges be elected or appointed?
Friday, March 27th, 2009Law and justice are often seen as a contradictory terms. Laws are made by elected politicians and interpreted by unelected judges. The judges are appointed by politicians. Politicians have to submit themselves to the will of the people for re-election every four years in NSW. Judges are appointed for life on generous taxpayer funded salaries, conditions, allowances and pension schemes. (more…)
2009 – it’s all about GFC, ETS, Kev – hope you have a MX and HNY!
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Labor’s spin doctors are conditioning us for a gloomy outlook next year.
Over the past 12 months the term ‘working families’ was included in every utterance from Kevin 07. His promises to introduce ‘fuel-watch’ and ‘grocery watch’ were literal. All he did was watch them go up . . . and up . . . and up! Not only did Kevin 07 watch them go up – he set up two taxpayer funded organisations to watch them as well! We are slowly learning that the devil is always in the detail with Kevin 07. After all he never did say he would bring them down – all he promised to do was actually watch them. That box has now been ticked. Thank you Kev! (more…)
Western Sydney – Labor’s dumping ground for immigrants!
Friday, June 6th, 2008The Rudd Government’s plan to extend the immigration program means Sydney’s population will grow by nearly one million over the next 13 years. This is more than 350,000 over what Sydney’s planners had expected. (more…)
Electricity Privatisation – Power without Glory for NSW Labor!
Thursday, May 8th, 2008When Bob Carr and Michael Egan tried to reform the electricity industry in 1997 they were soundly defeated by union heavyweights John Della Bosca and Michael Costa who were well supported by left-wing geriatrics in the NSW Parliament. ‘The Hogg/Egan proposition is a suicide note to the Australian Labor Party’ thundered Ian McDonald. (more…)
Workchoices or No Choices!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007When contesting the election against Paul Keating in 1996, then Oppostion Leader, John Howard stated he would like Australians to feel relaxed and comfortable. At that time Australia was in debt to the tune of $80 billion, our waterfront was one of the most inefficient in the world, inflation was rampant and unemployment was rife. Keating was not able to break this downward spiral because union bosses would not allow him to introduce the necessary workplace reforms to increase productivity. (more…)
Hard Labor for NSW after Workchoices con . . .
Friday, April 6th, 2007The introduction of workchoices into the NSW campaign was a clever ploy by Labor to dupe voters. It worked. No doubt the spin doctors will feel pleased with themselves as they recline in plush leather chairs to admire the sweeping harbour views from their taxpayer funded offices for another four year term. (more…)
David Hicks – Hero or Traitor?
Friday, March 16th, 2007Australian soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are entitled to feel a sense of betrayal over the hero worship being afforded to terror suspect, David Hicks. (more…)
