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Yes, and some people also have a growing concern about the sheer number of trips that are made overseas by Julia Gillard at the taxpayers' expense.

Barnaby, you've beautifully described the "rats Nest' we now find ourselves living with. I think we all need to do a whole lot of praying as to how we can rid ourselves of this incompetent trash.
I'm thinking if I pray really long and hard the good lord may see fit to remove a couple of those low lifes, give them a Jihad, let them discover vestal virgins, Anything to rid Australia of this horrific govt, how long will it take to fix the daily damage?
The fact I can even write the above, shows they are sending many normal, common sense Australians crazy.

Happy Christmas to you and your family. Best Regards Natalie Woodley

I was born, raised and educated in Brisbane and had a not-so-bad childhood.
I later traveled and lived overseas for 14 years before eventually returning to 'The best country in the world'.

I have lived in the demise of this country over the past few years and now, at pensioner age, I don't wish to live here anymore.

I am going to sell up and go live somewhere else, where I can enjoy a better standard of living. Quite honestly, I can't afford to live here any more.
But I will find somewhere where I can!

Australia under labor has lost the plot! I didn't vote them in, and very few people I know did.

This whole debarcle...The Electricity, rates,water bills, registrations,swimming pool regulations,sneaky traffic enforcements,food prices and more are an abomination, making Australia's cost of living amongst the highest in the world. Meanwhile, our roads are like goat tracks and full of potholes, the traffic and congestion is appalling and Brisbane has to be the most unlivable city in Australia.(A world class city). I think not!

This is from a 4th generation Australian born citizen.

Lori Dawn:

Yes, you're right. Even people coming here from the third world think our public hospitals and aged care centres belong to the fourth world, with wages failing to match cost increases for everything.

This is what happens when Labor signs us up to international treaties, agreements and declarations designed to bring the whole world down to the lowest common denominator.

Please don't be fooled by the idea that Wayne Swan (Federal Treasurer) is clipping the wings of banks, so Australian consumers can get a better deal. Most of the smaller lending institutions are owned by the Big 4 (Commonwealth, National, ANZ and Westpac).

The last I heard in political circles was that the National Bank is on the verge of being taken over by one its biggest competitors. The idea that competition between banking institutions is going to increase is nothing more than a furphy.

Mark Arbib needs to be taken to task on his disclosures to foreign diplomats and by taken to task removed from any positions within the Government. He has betrayed the Australian Public and former prime minister Kevin Rudd. Wiki Leaks disclosures show that everything that was said about Kevin Rudd's demise by the Labour Party and every one involved were total lies. Mark Arbib, along with a number of Labour Party cronies obviously had been working on getting rid of Kevin Rudd for while and have shown utter contempt for the Australian Public of informing other countries before they informed Australians of what they were up to. Sounds like treason to me - get rid of him.

But you have to admit that Labor MPs could easily win an Academy Award for their brilliant performance during the transition from Rudd to Gillard as party leader.

I think many people are beginning to think that Kevin Rudd is being groomed to become our World Sector Leader (Asia/Pacific) in a global government, which could be the main reason he has become fluent in Mandarin.