Recent content by Franno

Just more government spin. These medical centres have been around for years, all this mob are doing is re-branding them as bulk-billing centres. And you're quite right. They're not much good if they're not staffed. We're regional and our closest clinic, 25klm away, is only staffed two days a...

A decent man, despite the attempts at character assassination during what was one of the dirtiest election campaigns I can remember. I don't blame him for keeping a low profile. Why would anyone want to expose themselves and their family to more of the same. I wish him well whatever he...

Use it before the government steals it. Anyone remember the pension fund that everyone contributed to with an EXTRA 7.5% tax on their income? They used to squirrel it away for pensions in a separate endowment fund, until government decided it was an enormous amount and couldn't keep their hands...

An awful lot of ignorance in Australia now. We seem to have two types of people - one lot who have their hands out and vote for the freebies, with absolutely no regard to what's best for the country, and another lot who have no idea how the preferential voting system works and are swayed by...

At the same time we have our esteemed treasurer admitting that we can't actually afford all the free stuff promised in the budget, so will have to raise money from somewhere, most likely an increase in the GST. Keep in mind, folks, that there is GST on energy bills. So the "mechanism" won't...

Pardon my cynicism, but anything Bowen says that infers the government is doing something tangible about rising energy prices is simply a smoke screen designed to encourage us to blame energy companies, rather than the government's policies. The idiotic "net zero" target and mad rush to...

Totally unfair. Labor playing the politics of envy AGAIN. How about farmers? How many will have to sell a part of a productive farm to pay the tax? absolutely disgusting tax. You voted for this Australia. You get the government you deserve.

Labor governments rarely think things through and this invariably results in unforeseen consequences. This "tax" (or government theft) will have a devastating impact on the economy and, in particular, the rental market. And if you're young and think you'll escape these consequences, think again...