how dare you expect people to take what you post as truth.........

best of luck with that ballbags

As PB says, care to debunk what I am saying, or are you only running on LNP dog whistles and one-liners?

Still waiting.

-PB

Interesting article in the smh today - proper analysis suggests that Gillard has been the most socially progressive PM since Whitlam.

In short, excellent at policy that has kept the nation moving forward with a clean bill of health; very poor at politics and selling the achievements and convictions of the government.

Labor made U-turn on every policy they introduced. It is easy to be progressive when Libs left you money in the bank, worst government in Australian history overtook Whitlam’s government and left mega debt.

Not one funded policy will be introduced between now and the election cannot wait to see how popular they will be after the budget.

Also what happened to climate change reversal, Bill Shorten killed it the other day, it was a hoax after all.

Where are all tree huggers now, Labor introduced and now cancelled the Carbon Tax, it just show what hypocrites you all are. Your silence on this issue alone is deafening.

Whitlam was far from thè worst Australian Government, in fact it was one of thé very best, the iniatives introduced in the Whitlam era are still being felt today.....The Dismissal iś one of thé most shameful incidents in Australian history, all perpuated by the self aggrandising Liberal Party

Whitlam run out of money and wanted to borrow from shady investors than got sacked by GG. I did not wright Australian political history but the history repeats itself and no prizes for guessing, it’s Labor again who is running out of money.

Gillard/ Swann (no cabinet ministers or finance department) and the Mining Industry introduced Mining Tax, no money raised, no family tax cuts.
Gillard/ Greens introduced Carbon Dioxide Tax, no money raised, no disadvantaged families carbon credits.

What is worst they budgeted this taxes inn and already spent the money they did not have.
They predicted budget surplus of 1.8 billion and next week the budget hole will be about 20 billion in the red despite 7.6% income tax revenue increase.

Working families did remember Whitlam era for what it was stupidity , future generations will remember Rudd/Gillard era also for exactly what they are when all the debt has to be repaid, Labor will be rewarded ,next four elections in the opposition before they have any chance of crawling back to be competitive.

Australian voters can only be fooled once but twice never.

Voters are constantly fooled. It's how we managed to have 11 consecutive years of the most financially irresponsible PM in our history.

You won't see the data that sits plainly in front of your face because of blind ideology.

what exactly do you want debunked????

it's hard to take you seriously when you post childish Gif's and put grossly inaccurate comments along with them.....if anyone is running dog whistles and one liners it's you....

and you wonder why most people think your a dick????? go figure???????

Most people don't think I'm a dick.

I think you'll find that the majority of the 7+ billion people in the world wouldn't have the slightest clue who I am.

What comments have I made that are grossly inaccurate, by the way?

The list of the Whitlam Government’s legislative reforms is familiar to all of us:

- improving the position of women and our indigenous population;
- introducing Medibank, the precursor to Medicare;
- needs-based funding for schools and free university education;
- introducing the Trade Practices Act;
- ending conscription;
- diplomatic and trade relations with the People’s Republic of China.
- Introducing Legal Aid
- abolished the death penalty

http://www.whitlam.org/gough_whitlam/history_and_legacy

all of these for starters.....

and i personally surveyed 7 billion people and 99% said you were a dick......even kevin Airs thinks your a dick and has told you so....and don't argue with the statistics you know they never lie.......;)

I merely reposted, I don't make any judgment calls on these fine PSA's.



I reject your anecdotal evidence and refuse to explain to you again why it is insufficient ;)

i raise you a survey and rebut your comment that it's anecdotal......

My mistake.

Have the data on my desk in the morning for me to review and I will apologise unreservedly.

i can't the new privacy act prevents me from revealing my source................

Swan talks up future surplus
Date
May 11, 2013

Wayne Swan has vowed to return the federal budget to surplus within four years, with his government poised to announce further deep cuts to spending.

In an interview before delivering his sixth and ''most complex'' budget, the Treasurer said the high dollar and faltering world economy had taken an axe to revenue, which will be $17 billion lower this financial year compared with forecasts in last year's budget .

However, he foreshadowed that Tuesday's budget would provide ''a clear pathway back to surplus commensurate with supporting jobs and growth''. Asked how he felt about making painful budget cuts that might hurt Labor politically months before an election, Mr Swan said: ''It's not about them or us, it's about the country.''

Further cuts to spending are expected to be revealed on Tuesday, with the removal of tax concessions for business and a crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals likely.

''It's certainly not a typical election budget when you've got the sort of enormous complexity that we're coping with here, but we're going to get the settings right for the long term,'' Mr Swan said.

Fairfax Media understands the budget will predict a softening jobs market despite a slight fall in unemployment in April.

Defending his December decision to scrap a promised surplus this year, Mr Swan said it was clear Australia faced ''unprecedented'' and unforseen circumstances, which had required a recalibration of policy.

But his commitment to drive the budget back into the black by 2016/17, while delayed by some years, reveals the symbolic political significance still being attached to a surplus by Labor.

In a torrid week leading up to this pre-election budget, Labor was forced to confirm that legislated tax cuts for 2015 would be shelved, a promised boost to Family Tax Benefit (A) due from July 1 would not go ahead, and that its revenue forecasts look increasingly grim.

Pre-election sweeteners normally associated with budgets look like being thin on the ground this year, with one of the few positives being a new measure that dole recipients will be allowed to earn more from casual and part-time work before losing benefits.

Mr Swan will explain that the shortfall in revenue is the result of a sustained high Australian dollar shrinking companies' profit margins.

Treasury advice to Mr Swan, obtained by Fairfax Media, shows the dollar, which exceeded parity with the US greenback in September 2010, has ''never remained so high for so long'' in the post-float era, averaging US103¢ over that time.

Exporters have been hard hit by the high dollar, while local companies have had to compete with cheaper imports, eroding profits and therefore company tax receipts.

In its recently released Budget Monitor, Deloitte Access Economics predicted a deficit this year of nearly $11 billion, drifting out to $13 billion in 2013/14, before coming back to a deficit of $5.7 billion in 2015/16.

But while Mr Swan has undertaken to be back in the black, Deloite Access director Chris Richardson has warned of an ongoing revenue problem that ''isn't going away''.

The difficult outlook for employment was reinforced on Friday by Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox, who said that businesses were preparing to shed labour.



Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/swan-talks-up-future-surplus-20130510-2jdoj.html#ixzz2StXxPKeh

Start by cutting the lemon F35's. There's 5.5 billion saved in useless can't fly fighter jets. Get rid of negative gearing. At the very least, get rid of it for existing property.

It is ironic that for all the liberal party sooking about the 'free market' providing solutions to pretty much everything (example: NBN), none of them seem to want to get rid of this massively market distorting policy.

Of course, since it benefits rich people, they won't do it.

Edited by macktheknife: 10/5/2013 11:44:41 PM

corrected for accuracy

he can talk it up as much as he likes, the last surplus prediction of a wafer thin $1.0 billion has evaporated and turned into a $ 20 billion deficit...!!!!!

yeah lets listen to wayne, we can trust him, and let's not forget the $billions that aren't even on the Balance sheet....LOL.....:^o :^o :^o :^o :^o :^o

Dog whistles.

[youtube]cH6EfGBKrbY[/youtube]

Lovely cherry picking, not much of it based on fact.

It's funny, half of these things are the LNP crowing about broken promises on policies that would have gone ahead if they didn't destroy them.

Notor, you can't be putting up immature Abbott pikkies and then expect to be taken seriously.

And yes, this is definitely the most socialist government since Whitlam. Ideology and class division driven wankers.

September can't come soon enough.

parramatta to epping rail link funding pulled by gillard = FACT
will 100% deliver a surplus and has failed = FACT
will not introduce a carbon tax is a lie = FACT
promised lower bebt but delivered arecord debt of over $200 billion = FACT
lied about cutting company tax = FACT
computers for kids program an absolute shammmmmm = fact
none of the mining companies agreed to the level of the tax she proposed = FACT

anyone with half a brain knows she is a liar and incompetent, and as far as the LNP not allowing her bills to pass through parliment, just remember she does have the Greens and the independants on her side with a slender majority so don't come the raw prawn, the greens and the independant's are the first you should blame.....

[youtube]WH_MBwQhGgA[/youtube]


you the hipster Matt???

I was a hipster before it was cool.

right about now i'm guessing you masterbate while watching yourself in the mirror and blow kisses to yourself?????