whatsforme wrote on Jan 28^th, 2011 at 1:29pm:


Your comparing apples and oranges.
Family 1 is single income
Family 2 is duel income.
The levy is imposed on taxpayers, via the tax file number, families don't have tax file numbers individuals do.

But nice try, post it in the daily tele those idiots will fall for it but you have to try a bit harder here.

In in every eight?

Considering that there's more than 4.5mil people living in Queensland, wouldn't that make it one in eighteen?

I love the Courier Mail, it makes the Daily Telegraph look good.

Comments about the rorts already occurring.

Milo of Bulimba Posted at 11:50 PM January 27, 2011
Amazing, after three years of Labor debacles I thought they had already plumbed the debts of incompetance but this is absurd. Consider this: Your home isn't flooded but for safety reasons your power gets cut off for 48 hours. So because your beer goes warm, you have to barbecue thawing food and take cold showers, every member of your family gets $1000, AND now you all escape Jooolya's levy because as AGDRP-recipients you meet the exemption criteria. Hands down, this beats the stupidity of paying thousands of overseas residents who haven't lived in Australia for years, the $900 stimulus payments in their local currency. In 2007 Australia voted for "Change" and we got it. Incompetance and mismanagement is a "change" from Costello's astute financial management, isn't it?
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Gordonh Posted at 11:32 PM January 27, 2011
The Levy is a disgrace. I know a guy who got $4,000 from Centrelink because he lost power for 48 hours, but the flood waters were nowhere near his house. But I couldn't get into work, lost pay and got nothing. But he's exempt while I have to pay the flood levy. All for what? So he gets a nice new home theatre. He was grinning from ear-to-ear. If that money had gone to someone who was genuinely flooded I wouldn't mind, but this rorting is disgraceful. Labor could have stopped it but didn't. Of course we are upset.Comment 4 of 317
Harvey Fewings of Queensland Posted at 6:54 AM Today
Apart from the weirdness of the Whitlam financial circus, has Australia ever had to bear such an incompetent, reactive, unintelligent Government such as this ? Tradespeople have given their time, expertise and, in some cases, actual products to help their fellow Australians effected by the floods. Other people have sat on their bums in a house without power for a couple of days and claim flood disaster relief money. Gillard, in her desperation to buy votes has made money available to almost anyone with a case of prickly heat and now super imposes a flood relief tax on the very people who have given most ! Donations to the Qld Premier's Flood Appeal should be refunded, the thousands of soldiers of the " Mud Army " should be paid for their time, or at least claim their time from the tax levy. Gillard has, once again, working on the socialist principles of envy,divided the Community and succeeded in casting into irrelevance all the good will and free time offered. Come the next disaster, and their will be one, forget the community help efforts,folks, we can all sit on our bums and wait for the ALP to tax us ! Stumblebums hardly describes this Government.
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Not happy Jan of Brisbane Posted at 6:55 AM Today
Nice. So my colleagues who "couldn't get to work" (read - it was inconvenient) and therefore took paid "flood leave" from work have also claimed more than two grand for their family as a non means tested payment and will not be paying the flood levy. Those of us who went to (essential services) work by driving the long way round, worried about our families at home - pay though the nose. Again.Comment 42 of 317

Very annoyed Posted at 7:10 AM Today
I earn $600.00 over $50,000.00 and have four kids living at home. My boss who owns his own business as well as earning an income of over 150K will not have to pay the levy because he and his wife (given 1000k each) lost power for 48 hours. WHAT A JOKE!!!Comment 54 of 317

Allan of Gold Coast Posted at 7:10 AM Today
This will kill the spirit of donating time and money for future natural disasters. Gillard, you have put a knife intot he heart of the goodwill that was shown after these floods by mates helping mates. You were useless during the flood when you were giving speeches read from auto cues and you are useless now. I don't think anyone in the country would mind if you said that to avoid a levy, we would need to put back the surplus target by a year.
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Hell you are a classic Eq.  you just will not accept that the Federal Government has again rushed in with an ill thought out plan that was just asking to be rorted.    They cannot and never have been good economic managers, and it seems the electorate are waking up to them. 

The sad thing is, many of the letters commenting on that article are from good, honest people who have not claimed what they could have due to a sense of decency, and are now out of pocket.  You should take the time to read them with an open mind.

whatsforme wrote on Jan 28^th, 2011 at 1:29pm:



Lets compare stuff ups...

'Abbott’s paid parental leave was announced on March 8, 2009—International Women’s Day—without the approval of the shadow cabinet or the party room. The following day, Abbott apologised to a joint party room meeting.
“Sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission,” Abbott told his colleagues.
It was dumb policy then and it is even dumber now because the Government will mercilessly mock Abbott. How can he oppose a levy on flood devastated Queensland while supporting one for mum’s to be who earn $150,000 a year?

     http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/co...

<<Lets compare stuff ups...

'Abbott’s paid parental leave was announced on March 8, 2009—International Women’s Day—without the approval of the shadow cabinet or the party room. The following day, Abbott apologised to a joint party room meeting.
“Sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission,” Abbott told his colleagues.
It was dumb policy then and it is even dumber now because the Government will mercilessly mock Abbott. How can he oppose a levy on flood devastated Queensland while supporting one for mum’s to be who earn $150,000 a year?>>


FFS idiot what does that have to do with the flood levy?

I know it is very hard for you to focus dumbass.

Do you agree with the way the levy will work?

Don't answer straight away vegetable. Think about it.

Maybe I shouldn't have said 'think about it' as we could be here all night waiting for a reply.

Come on idiot it is your turn again.

whatsforme wrote on Jan 28^th, 2011 at 1:29pm:


whatsforme wrote on Jan 28^th, 2011 at 3:38pm:



Speaking of apples and oranges, have you worked out the nett differentials after payments of FTB and/or Dependent Spouse Rebate are taken into account!?

Oh, and is the proposed levy set in concrete yet - or can it be tweaked when Parliament returns!?