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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #870 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:41pm

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the next 4 years are going to be tough on you, buzz. and the 8 after that even more so.

LOL !

Not at ALL

I DON'T have children
I am semi self sufficient
We have our own electricity supply

And I live in Federal and State Labor marginals, which a decade back were Coalition marginals

They want their HERITAGE back

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Reply #871 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:44pm

Dr Hemley said many promises had been made about HealthSMART's ability to revolutionise technology in hospitals, but the project had been bitterly disappointing despite hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.

"Hospitals need to be supported with additional targeted funding to build their basic IT infrastructure and to bring these programs online, rather than divert funds from elsewhere in their budgets.''

Health board minutes have previously revealed that hospitals were being left to meet funding gaps for millions of dollars under the program, and concerns had been raised with the former government that it placed their organisations at risk.

Victorian Healthcare Association chief executive Trevor Carr called for an honest dialogue about the program and ''transparency around the real cost of implementation''.

Mr Carr said there was ''a sense of secrecy and a sense there's been a bit of a cover-up'' about the program's failings.

A junior hospital physician who did not want to be named told The Age: ''When I need to check a blood test or X-ray, I can spend five minutes searching for a computer and five minutes waiting for it to load. I'd far rather spend that time with patients.

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How about (just for once Buzz) you regain a little bit of lost credibility and actually CRITICISE the failures of the last Government.

The fact you have started criticising a Government only days into power and there are countless examples of a decade of failure before it when you DEFEND is just pathetic.

You have never admitted that you are biased to criticising Liberals - never once admitted it or explained why.

Your credibility is just so far gone now it's absurd.

Here is your chance.

You criticise Baillieu yet defend a program over budget, 5 years behind schedule and openly criticised by independent healthcare professionals.

Healthcare professionals have openly stated the program has been 'disappointing'.
Yet you are ok with it??????

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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #872 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:46pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:41pm:

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the next 4 years are going to be tough on you, buzz. and the 8 after that even more so.

LOL !

Not at ALL

I DON'T have children
I am semi self sufficient
We have our own electricity supply

And I live in Federal and State Labor marginals, which a decade back were Coalition marginals

They want their HERITAGE back

i

of course... make sure you keep your goals SMALL and you expectations even lower. so far you seem to be quite successful. You could always become a hermit and go off the grid. Then you can pretend the great Evil Ted didnt get elected.

You are a sad excuse Buzz. You spent 2 years in the sun off a labor victory and loved to tell us how the Liberals were finished. instead the exact reverse is happening. The libs are in ascension and the ALP is facing a nationwide problem of support diminishing to record lows that could damage them for decades to come.

And you response?

tantrums and tears. There once was a Buzz that could debate. Now there is only the pathetic teary buzzard complaining that someone stole his lollies.

actually thats a poor analogy. a better one would be that you are complaining that the other better-off kid isnt being made to GIVE him their lollies.

I expect nothing from green, nail or imfullofit. I expected more from you, but ended up with actually less.

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #873 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:50pm buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 6:41pm: I DON'T have children That's your own choice. You chose that lifestyle and nobody else.
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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #874 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 9:05pm

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You could always become a hermit and go off the grid. Then you can pretend the great Evil Ted didnt get elected.

Hepburn Wind WILL be "off the grid" for the most part
It will connect for the sale of surplus to requirement (as Victoria's electricity price rises, so do my dividends) - and occasional grid supply during maintenence

I don't pay for water or heating
I spend around six dollars a week on petrol
I've past the point of needing an A grade education system
My ONLY need is bulk-billing Medicare services - a service I have no problems with

I have ALL I need
I go without LITTLE
I don't have DEBTS
I WORK when I NEED to (or want something)

So simply put, a change of state government affects me, PERSONALLY, hardly in the slightest

And it won't be me paying their accumulated debt

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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #875 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 10:41pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 9:05pm:

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You could always become a hermit and go off the grid. Then you can pretend the great Evil Ted didnt get elected.

Hepburn Wind WILL be "off the grid" for the most part
It will connect for the sale of surplus to requirement (as Victoria's electricity price rises, so do my dividends) - and occasional grid supply during maintenence

I don't pay for water or heating
I spend around six dollars a week on petrol
I've past the point of needing an A grade education system
My ONLY need is bulk-billing Medicare services - a service I have no problems with

I have ALL I need
I go without LITTLE
I don't have DEBTS
I WORK when I NEED to (or want something)

So simply put, a change of state government affects me, PERSONALLY, hardly in the slightest

And it won't be me paying their accumulated debt

$6/wk for petrol in a rural community and $1 a day for power. your lifestyle must be SO EXCITING. no wonder you come on here. it must be the absolute highlight of your existance. Im guessing you drive once/twice a month? maybe three times?

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #877 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 8:38am buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 11:00pm: Quote: Im guessing you drive once/twice a month? maybe three times? DAILY http://www.atvriders.com/images/kymco/kymco-2009-people-150-scooter.jpg I really am rendered speechless. Do you have a side-car for that as well?
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #878 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 8:54am buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 9:05pm: So simply put, a change of state government affects me, PERSONALLY, hardly in the slightest Erm well, a 59 page personal meltdown following the result actually kind of hints at the opposite.
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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #879 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:16am

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Ted Baillieu's "buyback" of properties in bushfire prone zones (plus the policy of putting power lines underground) has been given

a "ball-park" figure of $20 BILLION

This is

50% of the total cost of the NBN

But the BIG difference ?

The "buyback" has NO RETURN on investment

Only an ongoing

maintenence bill

, from the SES and CFA

On a per capita basis the buyback is TWICE the cost per Victorian tax-payer (Victoria carrying 20% of the country's population)

Does this mean the "buyback" will be paid for by Victoria's GRAND CHILDREN - or GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ?

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It doesn't take an accountant to tell you you CANNOT fund the cascade of program and policy Baillieu presented at the election by cutting taxes

TWENTY BILLION buyback over twenty years for bushfire prone country towns - paid for by every Victorian

And you think the NBN is bad value ?

And let's not forget the cashed up home buyers pushing up the ALREADY over priced Melbourne real estate sector

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #880 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:17am And the meltdown continues. To be honest, I am still laughing at the picture of the moped.
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #881 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:18am Oh and let's not forget a health project 5 years behind schedule and $35m over-budget... Not to mention senior health officials calling the state of Victoria's healthcare 'embarrassing' - is actually all ok. It's an indication apparently of a decade of 'good government' according to this clown.
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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14169 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #882 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:31am Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:17am: I am still laughing at the picture of the moped. CHRIST, man You need to get OUT more
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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #883 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:33am

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:31am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:17am:

I am still laughing at the picture of the moped.

You need to get OUT more

I think you need to live life a little better.
You live like a modern day version of the Good Life.

I'll take my 5 liter GMC over your George and Mildred scooter anyday.

Oh and when are you going to admit you are perennially anti-Liberal and why?

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Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n
Reply #884 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:56am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:33am:

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:31am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 25^th, 2011 at 9:17am:

I am still laughing at the picture of the moped.

You need to get OUT more

I think you need to live life a little better.
You live like a modern day version of the Good Life.

HARDLY

I have, pretty much, every creature comfort and appliance known to man - all totalling into a

carbon NEGATIVE property

It would be somewhat hypocritical to be using the car everyday - when I don't HAVE to

And I prefer to keep the savings

But, BACK on topic ...

The "buyback" and twenty to thirty years of multi billion dollar DEBT gets the big tick from

Accountants Sans Frontières

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