Just pray to God or ALLAH that it doesn't come to this - a return of the worst "govt" in Australia's history!!!!!
Ha Ha suckers, just wait until the warped bent Greenies and me stuff up the whole country with more shocking Socialist stupidity!!!
Labor-Greens pact would jeopardise jobs, prosperityThe Australian May 16, 2016 12:00AM
One of the more feasible claims Greens leader Richard Di Natale made yesterday was that in the event of a hung parliament, Bill Shorten would be more likely to deal with the Greens than to take Australians to another election. The Opposition Leader has dismissed the possibility of such an alliance, insisting the Greens are “dreaming’’. Should Mr Shorten find himself in a position to become prime minister, however, it is likely he could be leading a minority government, relying on Greens and other minority party and independents’ support. Judging by the priorities Senator Di Natale outlined yesterday, swinging voters should weigh up the costs of a Labor-Greens alliance, for their own families and for the nation. And Malcolm Turnbull and his team should point these out. Given the closeness of opinion polls, other minor parties such as the Nick Xenophon Team and potential independent MPs should also make it clear where they would stand in the event of a hung parliament.
Mr Shorten is struggling to maintain discipline in Labor ranks for vital border protection measures such as boat turnbacks and offshore processing. In dealing with the Greens, he would be under even more pressure on the issue. On Sky News’s Australian Agenda yesterday, Senator Di Natale insisted that “more decent and compassionate treatment towards innocent people seeking refuge’’ would be a precondition for Greens’ support for a minority government. Eager to resume their deadly, lucrative trade, people-smugglers would test the limits of a Labor-Green government’s resolve.Labor has already stretched left with an ambitious and costly policy on climate change, promising to lift emissions cuts to 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 compared with the Coalition’s target of 26 to 28 per cent. Labor also wants to increase the renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2030. But from his extremist standpoint, Senator Di Natale dismissed Labor’s policies as a “veneer’’ and “not a climate policy’’. In return for their support, the Greens would demand a ban on new coalmines, and 90 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
Higher power and retail prices, a less competitive economy, lower export earnings, fewer jobs, less investment, a collapse in property values and pressure on the tourism, retail and hospitality sectors would invariably be the end result of the Greens’ priorities. While condemning the “old’’ parties and claiming to be “progressive’’, the Greens’ plan to legislate to enshrine weekend penalty rates harks back to the staid world of the 1950s, when shops closed at noon on Saturdays and today’s 24/7 industries were unimaginable. The party’s commitment to scrapping the Turnbull government’s small business tax cuts, going further than Labor in abolishing negative gearing on all property investment, lifting capital gains tax and raising taxes for higher income earners are an attack on enterprise, hard work and thrift. Even as a minority player in a hung parliament, such scorched-earth economic policies have no place in modern Australia.
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