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“The exponential increase in utility prices such as electricity, gas, and water means that real pressures are being placed on working families which is the result of this Labor Government’s mismanagement,” says Senator Barnaby Joyce who is today in the Lismore area with the Nationals candidate for Page, Kevin Hogan. This is part of his ongoing national ‘straight talking tour’ of electorates.

“Real electricity prices have gone up by an average over 10 per cent a year since Rudd was elected. In contrast, real electricity prices went up by an average of less than 1 per cent a year during the last Coalition Government. Changes in water and gas prices show similar differences”.
“The basic fundamental delivery promise of the Labor Government at the last election was that the cost of living would be reduced; in fact it has gone through the roof. Now we have the massive Labor debt currently in excess of $138 billion putting upward pressure on interest rates and a massive new tax on the mining industry putting real pressure on jobs. Power industry leaders are today warning that the tax on mining profits will increase power prices to households and businesses. The ETS has been stuck in the broom cupboard ready to be brought out the moment the Labor party gets past an election, which I hope dearly for the sake of Australia, they don’t win.”
“The Labor party is borrowing in excess of $1 billion per week. This cannot go on, but it does have to be repaid. If you are reading this, and you are in Australia, and you pay tax, you are the one who is going to repay it.”
“What has Australia got during the term of this Labor Government? In opposition you usually treasure certain stuff ups by the Government to capitalise on and create maximum effect, but this Labor Government is making opposition a cake walk.”
“Every day a new stuff up - school halls that are ripping the tax payer off, houses burning down from a ludicrous insulation package, a new mining tax that has affected international share markets but in the wrong direction, purchase of water licenses at massive premiums above what they are worth from a single family, whilst other families do not even get their letters replied to.”
“If you had accused the Labor party of this sort of incompetence prior to the last election they would have had good grounds to take you to court for defamation. It is astonishing how badly they have stuffed things up and people are rightly asking how we could possibly leave them here for another 3 years.”
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# Lorikeet
Friday, May 07, 2010 8:43 AM
I think Rudd's main aim is to pass the ball to The Greens, in order to destroy Australia's economy as quickly as possible. He is doing the same as Anna Bligh, deliberately shooting us all in the foot to empower the Third World, along with global corporations and banks.

I believe Rudd and Bligh are also doing their best to destroy the National Party by abusing their main voter base, farmers. National Party members and politicians should stand fast against abuse arising from any source.

I think the foreseeable future holds splits in the major parties over the Green Communist/Atheist agenda to completely sell us out. Politicians who are patriots may leave the major parties and run as Independents or join the smaller parties such as Nationals or the Democratic Labor Party (DLP).

As for cost of living increases associated with the plan to sell us out to large corporations, and also deprive Australian governments of excellent sources of income, here is what I have found.

Despite the fact I have switched to doing all of my washing in cold water, my energy use still seems to be the same. This is because in periods of low demand, they keep heating up the hot water systems of people on Night Rate Off Rate (11.00 p.m. to 7.00 a.m.) to ensure they sell all of the available power each day. Then during periods of high demand, they are likely to leave us to freeze in the shower. Trust me, I have experienced it.

I keep a very careful record of household expenditure. In the last year, supermarket costs have risen by 15%, with the cost of some generic products rising by 25%. In the last year or so, we have seen generic products very greatly promoted on TV.

Most people will be aware that most of these products are sourced from the Third World and are putting our own farmers and manufacturers out of business.

When you rob people blind on the cost of housing and utilities, and do not pay them a fair rate of pay, competition for the purchase of generic products becomes intense. I'm sure that once all of the Australian farmers, suppliers and manufacturers are wiped out, we will be paying an arm and a leg for generic products, some of which are of inferior quality.

As for Labor taxing mining companies to the tune of 40%, this would be my opinion if I didn't already know of the plan to screw over our own country completely:

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I also do not appreciate my own State Labor MP giving money out to his Green "opposition" to get people onto a Low Carbon Diet, which is the latest attempt on the part of Labor/Greens to wipe out the livestock industries.

If you idiots want to live on lettuces, that's okay by me. But since we are supposed to be living in a democracy (somewhat doubtful these days), keep your hands off MY dinner plate!

So please hang in there Barnaby. I believe the Australian community is ready for change.





# Terri
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:18 PM
I pray voters have woken up to Kevin Rudd. The part-time PM doesn't have any substance to his character - he's ridiculous so called 'policy' on border security is a joke and we are been invaded by illegals and Rudd is helping people smugglers. I wish someone would hit the back of his head every time he mentions 'working families' and education 'revolution' which mades me want to have a revolution to get rid of him.
# Lorikeet
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:08 PM
Terri:

Have you taken a look at the Lima Declaration agreed to by Gough Whitlam in 1975?

How about GATS and GATT, which seem to be relevant to the Paul Keating years.

These people are communists, and The Greens are even worse.

The redistribution of populations (by any means) is part of the corporate neo-communist plan to hold wages down, and also bring all of the developed nations down to a level playing field of peasant status, with no meat on their plates.

We now have Muslim refugees being housed in a 4 star hotel at Boondall on the northside of Brisbane, probably the result of somewhat "interesting" negotiations between Labor and a Muslim leader.

I would be really interested in participating in a Ruddster Removal Revolution. But maybe we should ask the Governor-General to give him his marching orders first.

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