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I am completely impartial and unbiased towards the election.. as long as that cocky smug "acting" Prime Minister Rudd is turfed out on his ear when the election comes.. Oh never mind .. I was going to say something mean and out of character for me.. but decided against it
Quote from: Dazzler on July 16, 2013, 13:47:18I am completely impartial and unbiased towards the election.. as long as that cocky smug "acting" Prime Minister Rudd is turfed out on his ear when the election comes.. Oh never mind .. I was going to say something mean and out of character for me.. but decided against it Please explain how Kevin Rudd is the "acting" Prime Minister.
Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on July 16, 2013, 13:51:00Quote from: Dazzler on July 16, 2013, 13:47:18I am completely impartial and unbiased towards the election.. as long as that cocky smug "acting" Prime Minister Rudd is turfed out on his ear when the election comes.. Oh never mind .. I was going to say something mean and out of character for me.. but decided against it Please explain how Kevin Rudd is the "acting" Prime Minister.Haven't you seen him on TV lately.. That is definitely classed as acting in my book
Eye on the ball, people. Think party doctrines, not personal performances.
Parliament's in recess, so apart from kissing babies, what's to do. (click to show/hide)http://sdrv.ms/12tTgcK
Gonz, what is "economic freefall" exactly? Oh, you must mean what is happening in Queensland under Campbell Newman. Silly me.
Breaking News.......Prime Minister Rudd and PNG's Prime Minister have just signed a Regional Resettlement Agreement. The RRA will see all refugees that arrive in Australia will be processed under existing arrangements (Christmas Island, Naru or Manus Island). Those found to be genuine refugees will be resettled in PNG. Those who are found to not be genuine refugees will be returned to their country of origin. NO refugees will re resettled in Australia.Looks like Kev might stop the boats. Let's see what Mr Abbott has to say about this.
Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on July 19, 2013, 07:58:16Breaking News.......Prime Minister Rudd and PNG's Prime Minister have just signed a Regional Resettlement Agreement. The RRA will see all refugees that arrive in Australia will be processed under existing arrangements (Christmas Island, Naru or Manus Island). Those found to be genuine refugees will be resettled in PNG. Those who are found to not be genuine refugees will be returned to their country of origin. NO refugees will re resettled in Australia.Looks like Kev might stop the boats. Let's see what Mr Abbott has to say about this.I can't wait to hear how many billions this will cost.Apparently Rudd has promised to pay for it all, plus pay for developing PNG's university programme in the years to come, plus "other" projects that PNG wants to undertake, because, and I quote the PM himself, "That's what neighbours do."Given that we can't afford our current interest payments, I would also like to know where all of this money is going to come from.Or is "Middle Australia" going to be taxed even more to cover it all?Time will tell.
"I love the way" some people find it convenient to forget the billions of dollars of our money John Howard spent "without a care in the world" sending us to a couple of wars. Wars which help start the exodus of refugees.I resent that and I hope that the majority of Australians remember it on election day. I know I will.
Jamie, I don't begrudge any service personnel receiving what is due to them. I just begrudge the fact that John Howard sent you (and my son) to war based on lies. Talk about wasting billions.
Beerman, since 1992 I have leased my vehicles as I have always needed a vehicle for work.. I have used either a standard commercial lease with a residual and more recently, a commercial hire purchase arrangement with no residual.During those 21 years I have been required by the ATO to maintain a log book for a period of 12 weeks. The purpose of the log book is to enable me to determine what percentage of travel is business related. This enables me to claim a percent of the total vehicle running costs (rego, insurance, fuel, tyres, servicing, lease payments etc) as a deduction off my taxable income.From what I understand, the new Labor policy is to ensure that all work vehicles (including company provided or novated leased) do the same as I have explained above. In short, it is designed to ensure all people who use vehicles for work use do not use the Australian tax payer to fund their private use as is the case now. This change is designed to have the same effect as the fringe benefit tax introduced by the Hawke government stopping long "business" lunches being claimed as a tax deduction. Personally, I think it makes sense.