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Issue No. 272 | 15 July 2005 |
Home Ground Advantage
Interview: Battle Stations Unions: The Workers, United Politics: The Lost Weekend Industrial: Truth or Dare History: A Class Act Economics: The Numbers Game International: Blonde Ambition Training: The Trade Off Review: Bore of the Worlds Poetry: The Beaters Medley
Andrews Faces "Thuggery" Challenge Business Nervous Over IR Changes
The Soapbox The Locker Room Culture Parliament
Goodthink The vision thing True Lies You C.A.N. Do It Water Works
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor The vision thing
ABS confirm something that at first glance may not mean much to many, but it should mean a hell of a lot to our Federal Government. 'Over the next 20 years more and more Australians will go it alone and will opt not to have children. Add to that a large chunk of our ageing population will be retiring from the workforce. As well as a major skills shortage looming. On top of that we have a shortage of childcare placements anyway, and for those who are lucky enough to find a placement, usually end up paying through the nose for the privilege. And what's the Howard Government PLAN? Mr Costello urgently urges us to have an extra child as a gift to our economy, but wait ' remember, have your 'bub' and back to work ASAP', we don't like having to support bludging mothers. And the old fogies should stay working a while longer - until 100 maybe? God forbid they should retire and become a burden to our health care and welfare systems. Whilst Mr Howard pushes ahead with his ideological workplace reforms that in reality are not very family friendly at all. So why take on the burden of having children? And as far as our ageing workers are concerned - they have done more than enough for the economy thank you very much. Conclusion, could it be that Mr Howard and Mr Costello's leadership tussle will leave them both with their pants down and their privates exposed (private tussle I mean)? and when will we ask them both to PLEASE EXPLAIN? Because from where I'm sitting it appears that neither one of them have the foggiest. In fact, it seems to me that they are both trying to outdo each other with their 'grand visions'. John McPhilbin NSW
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