Peter Freedman wrote on May 17^th, 2013 at 7:34pm:


This is an important electoral issue.  After all, Abbott has told us all about the so called 'budget emergency,' etc etc, so surely we are entitled to know who will be at the head of the LNP's management of it.

Aussie wrote on May 17^th, 2013 at 7:18pm:


only one treasurer has ever had economic qualifications - Labor's John Kerin and his single 1991 budget was a dud.

Aussie wrote on May 17^th, 2013 at 8:33pm:


Maqqa ..... if any lib can make 2 + 2 = 6, it's maqqa!

Oh sh1t, why did I not see that coming.

I can’t say. It’s top secret Dunedin Liberal Party business.

Abbott and Hockey - What a joke the whole world will be laughing at us.

cods wrote on May 17^th, 2013 at 11:37pm:


standing with their mouths wide open wondering what the hell did the worlds greatest do to bring the best economy in the world down to the level of Greece almost

In fact almost any country who may be looking would understand that they are all closer to that position than Australia is but don't let facts get in the way of your dogmatic beliefs.

bah, treasurer schmeasurer,  who cares.
heres all the tresurer needs to do.

walk in to that army of public servants in the treasury dept and say," gooday fellas, please reduce government spending by 10 % in every department and reduce taxes by 7.5 %)  remember we have to pay off labors debt.so we need a 2.5 % margin

then just retire to the golf course.

you see as you sit in gridlock traffic going to work every morning in the dark and getting home after dark, ask yourself if all this BIG GOVERNMENT is really working for YOU.

big health care...but cant get an op done for frigging ages and 8 hour wait in cas

big education...but each year OZ slipd further down the literacy and maths rankings

big welfare...how much of that does joe the worker from the burbs get/  sweet f all.  great if your a bludger with a bad back or a junkie who cant work coz he fried his brain or a queue jumper.


i could go on but the answer is  BIG GOV  does nothing for the average citizen but enslave him to a horrible exhausting grind.  in this age of technology and labor saving.  he should only be working 4 hours a day but BIG GOV has to be fed. it truly is the beast. the gift that never gives and just keeps taking.

there is only one sensible solution.  just put it on a diet.

thats why  the tresusrers job is just so easy.  just order the cutbacks and piss off.

scrap NDIS  (bureaucratic nightmare)
scrap carbon tax (come on, that aint going to work, how many people here have sold their carsd to save the planet  lol)
scrap gonski (more money for a system that does not reward excellence.. in fact roposes propping up rubbish schools and penalising the cream)
scrap NBN
scrap ths baby bonus
scrap assylum seeker aid, make em work or starve (this is what we do with the kiwis by the way..no benefits for them)
scrap all the  royal commisions and lawyers picnics


with the saving . tax cuts for small business to employ people

unemployment is going to be the big problem in the next 10 years and big gov with big deficits strangling the productive private sector is just shooting youself in the foot.

so i'll just put a note in skippys pouch saying 10 % slash to everything , (20 % slash to the public servants numbers)  and skippy can hop into parliament, deliver the note and declare "my work here is done"