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Yeah, because a healthy economy totally isn't about borrowing and consumption! And America had no problems when there was no intervention in their mortgage firms... oh, wait. All of these factors are part of a healthy economy. Of course, the less intervention the better, but occasionally the...

Yeah, sure, in a time when it was possible we could slide into a recession SURELY its a great idea to encourage saving. In addition, encouragement to save by word of mouth has been proven many times to be ineffective. Australian savings are negative on average, if I remember right. The economy...

The problem with government donations to charities is deciding which charities deserve the money more, which charities will be the ones to inject the money into the economy (in addition, is it fair to exclude a charity just because it won't be injecting as much money into the economy or if it...

Agreed. Didn't you know? Its considered cool on this forum to support everything the Liberal Party does and to complain about anything any Labor Government does. On a more serious note I think the well off people are just (rightly) jealous that their (usually) hard earned money is getting...

It depends on the amount of a certain substance that's in it (Biologists should know it). Not funny.

I lol'd. So true for many of the people, especially pensioners.

I agree with you 95% on that one. The point is that despite the unfairness of it all, handing out money to pensioners and middle-low income earners means that it will definitely be injected into the economy quickly (seeing as they have no savings). Unfair and irresponsible thing to do with tax...

Let me remind everyone that this is exactly the same thing that the previous government has been doing (especially right before each of the later elections). That said, I agree with most of what has been said. In Rudd's defence, with the uncertainty of it all some instant economic stimulation...

I disagree. I believe it is simply lack of understanding and education of net neutrality. Anyone who is against net neutrality is either against freedom or is lacking in education. While it is probably true that a lower percentage of religious people may be as technologically adept which may...

Thanks. Finally a Liberal Party supporter who knows what he's talking about. My misinformed beliefs have been completely and utterly proved wrong, at least about what the Party and its constitution stands for. I can't say the same about parliamentary members, though, but I respect that you went...

I hope they move to block it, too. Though I must say, the Liberal Party only believes in freedom of enterprise - despite the deceiving name (it is pretty far from 'liberal' in the political sense), freedom of enterprise is not necessarily freedom for the people or for the little guy. In...

I was referring to [/I] While I'm not going to insert my opinions of the Liberal Party here, I don't think anyone here could rightly agree that the Liberal Party stands for freedom. Although as you said, the Labor Party doesn't exactly stand up for freedom anymore either, my point is that I'm...

I would like to add to what others have already said: People who (for example) hate the current government, yet hate the Liberal Government more, have quite the reason to vote for the Greens and shift their preferences to the party they dislike yet would rather see beating the other party. In...

I think this potential violation of net neutrality is a travesty. We have to fight for net neutrality while we still can - it's really one of the less noticed (especially by the less technological-literate) issues that need protecting. Here I was hoping that it would only be a problem for the US...

I said I was tired of writing walls of text but - this whole thing started from OTHER people mentioning federal issues and linking State Labor to Federal Labor. Also, I prefer the term 'idiot' or 'dumb f*ck', not 'retard'. Why wouldn't they apply for it? Its like getting $100 when you earn much...

OK Katie, I admit I've been a bit unfair, and I'm not going to make any excuses for it. I'm too tired to quote any of what you said, and though I think that you've made many good points, I have a few things to say, in your favour and against your remarks: - $5000 baby bonus to people on...

Very intelligent response. Either way, your political opinions are your own, just don't make unfounded statements when you don't have anything to back them up with. Don't worry, she just seems to be one of those individuals who just go around listening to whatever everyone else says without...

I've hard so many people say "I don't like what they stand for" and that they're sickening and all that. Please do tell me, what exactly is it that they stand for that sickens you? Labor stands for Equality, Human Rights, Labour Rights and Democracy (pasted directly from your 'wikipedia' which...

Oh, okay, I'm sorry for my blindness there ;) . Firstly, he said a laptop for those in senior years (ie. 10-12 I believe, someone correct me if I'm wrong), not every school kid. Secondly, the 'Education Revolution' as he likes to call it hasn't been fully implemented yet. Finally, the...

From the right? Gough Whitlam? I beg to differ. Gough Whitlam was as far away from the right as you could be. As for John Curtin, may I ask how exactly he was an abomination? If it wasn't for him and his actions, who knows what Japan could have done in WWII? What exactly has he done that makes...