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| quote: | Originally posted by Light The Fuse
yeah many happy memories...i used to love that fro, then she went and got her hair chemically straightened and it was never the same:wtf: |
that dirty bitch
but you know it comes back after a few months, you should've given her time!! |
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| A.J. |
If only Labor could come with a leader with some spine, they would already be in government by now. Unfortunately, there really doesn't seem to be a strong alternative to Howard at the moment, and voters are inclined to support a leader that they know and trust (i have no idea why anyone would trust him :crazy: )
Lets be honest though, a large proportion of Australian voters are not well versed on different policies, and are strongly influenced by government rhetoric and the media. If little Johnny tells them that the economy is great shape and they will be better off under a Liberal government, a large proportion of people will snap that up and vote accordingly because they only seem to vote with their back pocket in mind. However, as many people have already said, at what cost?. Fundamental rights and privilidges that previous generations fought so hard to obtain are being stripped away from us.
The Good
- Strong leadership, especially during times of crisis like 9/11, Bali Bombings, the Boxing Day Tsunami etc
- Built strong relationships with many international leaders
- GST, despite the promises to "never, ever" implement it
- Economic performance
The Bad
- Workplace reform
- Higher Education
- Refugee policy & associated human rights violations
- Sale of Telstra
- Children Overboard
- Iraq & War on Terror - only an idiot would deny that this has not made us a bigger target
- New Terrorism laws - very, very scary stuff]
- Repeated lies to the population and backflips on policy
- The environment - refusal to sign the Kyoto protocol and continuing high emissions are a disgrace
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| christos |
I think a lot on here don't have a mortgage nor worry about rising interest rates. When/If you do, you will agree that you see this all on a very different level.
When you have to always consider that rates are always on the rise, with inflation creeping slowly (hence the rising interest rate) and out of control petrol prices with no sign of slowing or any relief (which clearly there can be) it's difficult to find one nice thing to say about our so called "democratic" John Howard government.
the negatives of his leadership ability far outway the positives. Effective leadership usually tries to balance the tide. He has not done that whatsoever focusing too heavily on the economy and missing out on other important matters such as workplace, health, education, family etc.
good and well to be a debt free nation but what has that ever done for you personally?
Nothing....just as I thought.
My belief is simple....he's a wanker. and so is his right hand man...that little cunning prick. We're doomed if he were to ever take over the top job. Australia will be run like a Telstra.
Peace out! |
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| narcism |
ok where would u like me to start on the health system
* spending on health care will continue growing rapidly because an ageing population
* shortages in various/majority of medical specialties
* health system is so increasingly reliant on overseas-trained doctors that they now account for a quarter of all our medical practitioners.
* Hospital waiting lists are up to 6 years for elective surgery
* Bed shortages
* Not to mention emergency room exceeding waiting times to be seen by a doctor.
* limited resources
* Hospitals in victoria go on bypass every few weeks, meaning ambulances are turned away from emergency rooms.
* figures reveal that there were 3000 HEWS instances in the last financial year, which were not officially reported. This is almost three times greater than the 1073 occasions of reported ambulance bypass in that same period.
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* Lack of nursing home beds, which means elderly people are clogging up the system being in hospital for long periods of time.
* killed bulk billing
* The prime objective is about saving money, ive often seen serious cutting corners. |
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| OLi_A |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
* Lack of nursing home beds, which means elderly people are clogging up the system being in hospital for long periods of time.
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if you have the capital to set up a nursing home, you can make millions (from the government mainly)
friends uncle owns four of em so when his son turned 18, who got a million dollars?
/edit oh yeah, it really does pain me to see our health care system going down the drain, i mean, who wants to be healthy? |
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