So Rudd is the new PM

Anduril said:

Who knows whether he phoned his wife or not. Wouldn't surprise me if he just said he did. Not that it's important, I've got plenty of other issues against him and I was just mucking around anyway. I believe Kevin Rudd is a Christian same as John Howard.


Ok. Would you vote for me?

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MOTHY said:

If the GST replaced existing taxes as promised, perhaps it would be worth filling out BAS statements. However, here in the West, despite billions of dollars due to windfalls, courtesy of the mining boom and the phenomenal increase in housing costs is finding it's way into our state (WA) coffers. Result? Huge Stamp Duty on housing, (read Tax under another name) failing essential services (today record ambulances were 'ramped' outside Perth emergency departments. That's shocking! This state (Labor) government has not recognised that increased population means increased infastructure. Instead they are closing country hospitals, nursing posts, minimising beds, minimising everything that costs them money, (OUR MONEY) and are then attempting to gag people in the know who want to talk about it with some authority. Shame! WA State Labor Party, Shame! If they continue to hide things that should be open to public debate, attempting to gag FOI regarding a report on the conditions in Aboriginal communities in the Kimberly, then something really stinks and the truth will never see the light of day and therefore will never be resolved and the victims will never see any improvements.

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Zaphod_Beeblebrox said:

Mothy,

I think you might find a lot of the problem with hospitals (and this is happening right across the country, not just in WA) is a severe lack of nursing and medical staff. This is largely the fault of the previous Federal Government ripping the guts out of Higher Education funding for the past 11½ years. Even if States had double the health budget, they would be hard pressed finding staff to fill all the positions. Hence the increase in immigrants working in the healthcare sector, but even they only fill so many positions.

It will be interesting to see if the new Labor Government does anything to reverse this trend.

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tigercub said:

...and why is this a good thing? The Democrats have done a lot for this country, and I think we need tem in the Senate to keep the balance of power. The Greens put up roadblocks, the Democrats negotiate. We need both in the Senate.

I just realised something...I live in the electorate of both the Prime Minister and the Premier of QLD. Lol...

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sparassidae said:

I thought it quite interesting that although both Howard and Rudd profess to be Christians, there was not one mention of God in either speech.

But anyway, we're happy Rudd got in. And very happy that David Bradbury got into our division (yes, we are in Lindsay).

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