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Issue No. 293 | 20 December 2005 |
Waves of Destruction
Interview: Back to the Future Unions: A Real Page Turner Industrial: The Pin-Striped Union International: Around The World In 365 Days Legends: Terrific, Tommy Your Rights At Work: Worth Fighting For Politics: The Year That Was Economics: Master and Servant Revisited Culture: 2005: The Year of Living Repetitively Bad Boss: The Bottom Ten Religion: Hymns from a Different Song Sheet
Harper's Bizarre Excuse for Failure Workers Walk As Warnings Wiped Professionals Fear for Their Kids
Predictions The Soapbox Parliament The Locker Room Postcard
Free to Rat Tax Cuts and Cockroaches Proportion, Not Distortion Corp That!
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor Tax Cuts and Cockroaches
2005 has been great! 2006 also promises to be action-packed. Telstra's credit rating has been downgraded, casting further doubt over next year's anticipated sale (not to mention thousands of employees face being axed). Sol and his team will no doubt get what they want - no regulatory relief, no sale. Or, sale with no regulatory relief at a bargain basement price. It also seems likely there has been more than just one cockroach in Saddam's kitchen, and we have to question whether AWB were alone, and so incredibly naive, in what may be one of the biggest scandal's the Howard Government has ever faced. Add to the fray, workers being stripped of their rights to accommodate 'big business aspirations', as well as attempts to gag dissenters of all varieties is that sedition or sedation?). This is sure to present some major headaches for the coalition. We are only now being made aware of just how timid our Government have been with our Indonesian neighbours as evidenced by their response to the East Timor crisis back in 99. This too, may be further scrutinised a little more deeply than Mr Howard would like. TAX CUTS, TAX CUTS, TAX CUTS FOR EVERYBODY. It seems to me that the PM senses that 2006 is not going to be a pleasant one for his government, so why not start now by promising generous tax cuts. As 2005 closes, the Prime Minister has promised the next round of tax cuts would be "for all Australians", a day after Nationals leader Mark Vaile called for tax relief for lower-income workers However, Mr Costello remains at odds with the PM and cautioned that the minerals boom, which has underpinned the Government's finances, will not last forever. He has again emphasised the need for strong budget surpluses in the years ahead, warning that billions of dollars could be stripped from company tax receipts when the commodity boom ends. Oh! and Pete won't be challenging the PM for the top job - that could actually be a blessing in disguise for the Treasurer. This is all pure speculation of course, however, if the PM can make a career out of it, so can I? Kind regards John McPhilbin, NSW
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