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Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers
Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:49am

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia will not compete on wage rates compared to Africa but we have other advantages and mining investment is strong.

Her comments came after Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, urged Australia to become more competitive, warning Africa is a cheaper investment option with workers willing to take jobs for less than $2 per day.

"We are not going to have wage rates the same as the wage rates in Africa," Ms Gillard told ABC radio on Wednesday.

"We mine differently than in other countries."

Ms Rinehart says in a video presentation there is unarguable evidence Australia is becoming too expensive for multinational companies.

"What was too readily argued as the self-interested complaints of a greedy few is now becoming accepted as the truth, and more ominously is showing up in incontrovertible data," she said in a video on the Sydney Mining Club website.

Overseas competitors, such as Africa, can offer much cheaper investment opportunities, she said.

Ms Rinehart called for action on making Australia more competitive, blaming mining and carbon taxes, red tape and high wages for the economy's "sluggish" performance.

Ms Gillard said Ms Rinehart was a "well-known opponent" of the mining and carbon taxes but the prime minister disagreed on both points.

She said Australia would continue to have strong investment in mining projects.

"We've seen billions of dollars of new projects announced by the mining industry since they knew that there was going to be a minerals resource rent tax and since they knew that there was going to be carbon pricing," she said.

"We're going to compete on our great mineral deposits, our application of technology and high skills to the task."

Ms Gillard acknowledged some companies had paused or delayed plans - such as Fortescue, which announced on Tuesday it would shelve $1.57 billion of expansion plans and cut hundreds of jobs.

"But the mining sector, the resources sector is far bigger than any one company," she said.

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Reply #1 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am

She has a sense of the obvious doesn't she?

She loves to tell us that we have "other advantages" - but fail to list them.

Let me start the list Ms Gillard

Australian Carbon Tax - that's the advantage you've given the African countries.

Not only does the Australian companies have to compete against $2/day cost advantage. They will now have to compete with the added carbon tax

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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #2 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am Weeeeelll if it's too expensive maybe they should stop paying their cleaners and cooks $150K.
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Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers
Reply #3 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:20pm

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am:

She has a sense of the obvious doesn't she?

She loves to tell us that we have "other advantages" - but fail to list them.

Let me start the list Ms Gillard

Australian Carbon Tax - that's the advantage you've given the African countries.

Not only does the Australian companies have to compete against $2/day cost advantage. They will now have to compete with the added carbon tax

Please explain how Australias carbon tax has lead to a world-wide reduction in ore prices.

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Reply #4 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:29pm

Gist wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:20pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am:

She has a sense of the obvious doesn't she?

She loves to tell us that we have "other advantages" - but fail to list them.

Let me start the list Ms Gillard

Australian Carbon Tax - that's the advantage you've given the African countries.

Not only does the Australian companies have to compete against $2/day cost advantage. They will now have to compete with the added carbon tax

Please explain how Australias carbon tax has lead to a world-wide reduction in ore prices.

It's the 'vibe'

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Reply #5 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:39pm

Gist wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:20pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am:

She has a sense of the obvious doesn't she?

She loves to tell us that we have "other advantages" - but fail to list them.

Let me start the list Ms Gillard

Australian Carbon Tax - that's the advantage you've given the African countries.

Not only does the Australian companies have to compete against $2/day cost advantage. They will now have to compete with the added carbon tax

Please explain how Australias carbon tax has lead to a world-wide reduction in ore prices.

You moron - where did I say that??!!

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Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers
Reply #6 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:39pm

rabbitoh07 wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:29pm:

Gist wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:20pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 11:52am:

She has a sense of the obvious doesn't she?

She loves to tell us that we have "other advantages" - but fail to list them.

Let me start the list Ms Gillard

Australian Carbon Tax - that's the advantage you've given the African countries.

Not only does the Australian companies have to compete against $2/day cost advantage. They will now have to compete with the added carbon tax

Please explain how Australias carbon tax has lead to a world-wide reduction in ore prices.

It's the 'vibe'

Damn that vibe.

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 75275 Gender:	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:42pm Maqqa's upset again... he expects the working class to work for $2 a day so that he can increase his own profits
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imcrookonit Ex Member	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #8 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:43pm Whats wrong Gina?. I cant get workers in Australia for $2 an hour. They also want us to pay our fair share of taxes.
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Maqqa Gold Member Offline 14% - that low?! Posts: 16000	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #9 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:44pm Jack$hit is upset because we are not praising Gillard for her failures
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 75275 Gender:	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #10 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:49pm Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:44pm: Jack$hit is upset because we are not praising Gillard for her failures you should leave your boyfriend out of this ....
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Reply #11 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:50pm

National minimum wage.

The national minimum wage acts as a safety net for employees in the national workplace relations system to provide minimum rates of pay for employees not covered by awards or agreements. National minimum wage orders are made by the Minimum Wage Panel of Fair Work Australia.

Australia's minimum wage is $15.96 per hour or $606.40 per week. Generally, employees in the national system shouldn't get less than this. Huh

An employee's basic rate of pay depends on such things as their age, job classification and what industrial instrument they're covered by (e.g. a modern award, pre-modern award, transitional Pay Scale, workplace agreement and so on).

The minimum wages received by employees in the national workplace relations system are reviewed by Fair Work Australia annually, with any adjustments taking effect from the first pay period on or after 1 July each year.
The review considers the rates of pay in:

modern awards - from 1 January 2010 these specify the minimum wage rates for employees covered by a relevant modern award (subject to any transitional provisions)
The national minimum wage - this applies to award and agreement-free employees.

Employers and employees cannot agree to a rate of pay which is less than the applicable minimum wage. An employee may also be entitled to other allowances or loadings, depending on the job they do (e.g. a casual employee may be entitled to a casual loading). Wink

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Maqqa Gold Member Offline 14% - that low?! Posts: 16000	Re: Gillard: we won't have $2/day workers Reply #12 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:51pm John Smith wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:49pm: Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:44pm: Jack$hit is upset because we are not praising Gillard for her failures you should leave your boyfriend out of this .... So Gillard is a boy now??!! Gillard is gay then??!!
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Reply #13 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:55pm

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:51pm:

John Smith wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:49pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:44pm:

Jack$hit is upset because we are not praising Gillard for her failures

you should leave your boyfriend out of this ....

So Gillard is a boy now??!!

Gillard is gay then??!!

Grin

your the expert in that department ... besides, she's got bigger balls than Tony ever had ....

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #14 - Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:57pm

John Smith wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:55pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:51pm:

John Smith wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:49pm:

Maqqa wrote on Sep 5^th, 2012 at 12:44pm:

Jack$hit is upset because we are not praising Gillard for her failures

you should leave your boyfriend out of this ....

So Gillard is a boy now??!!

Gillard is gay then??!!

Grin

your the expert in that department ... besides, she's got bigger balls than Tony ever had ....

I agree - she has balls

Bob Brown didn't need it anymore after he quit politics so he gave it to her

Gayballs - just what she need

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