Originally Posted by
Squeaks
Free Trade Agreement, anyone
fuel on the fire with that statement to any primary producer, trying to compete with the good-ol-USA or any EU country where they get paid to plough it all back in.
and now there's a new minister to head it up -****** warren, God help us.
At least the aviation portfolio should improve for the first time in a long while with minister Vaile.
The excess loot of course comes from the federal GST (VAT) hand-out which in the last few months has transformed nearly every state govt from paupers to glad handing money bags.
Most of that GST loot is not tied to anything, so look forward to more fat cats, (political appointees) who will help the re-election pursuits of the useless labor party in each state, good fire funding but no preventitive burning ( too risky politically) all at the expense of real infrastructure spending.
yardy yah, and further down the bloody gurgler we go!!