I see what you are trying to say. but tbh, and this is just my opinion, pollies like what keeps them in power. so they do what their power base wants them to do. and I have never seen it so blatantly evident as is the case with the current govt. the other side is just as guilty but at least the previous government seemed to be able to (on occasion) rise above some of it and come up with ambitious and visionary initiatives. sadly, in their greed for power, they allowed themselves to fracture and got dragged into the gutter of political discourse and the constituency got hoodwinked. My fear is that it will take us 50 years to undo the last 5 (and next 2.5, at least. hopefully no more).

at the end of the day, we get what we deserve :)

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From: Kevin Yates <kyates@bne.catholic.edu.au>
To: "powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au"
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: [powderworks] KotM

 

Submarines and Manufacturing are easier for the politician to point at though.

 

It's a bit hard for the constituency to see R&D & digital infrastructure.

 

And just to be clear - I am not disagreeing with you!! Pollies just seem to like things people can see.

 

Kev

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From: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au [powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au] on behalf of Miron Mizrahi [mironmizrahi@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:52 AM
To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au
Subject: Re: [powderworks] KotM

 

The good news is that despite everything that is wrong/bad with this country, it is still a FAR BETTER place to live than many others.

Sure, you could argue we should aim high and that comparing ourselves to Uganda, Philippines or Egypt, and feeling good about it, is fool's gold, and you would be right. But we all need to feel good sometimes.

I don't want to rant or start a heated political debate, so I will be brief :)

I could point to a lot of things that are - IMO - wrong. But I doubt this is useful. The only "way out" I see is by playing to our strengths - our human capital - and by having political leadership which is genuinely interested in what is good for the country (and a political constituency at a level a tad above halfwits). We need (digital) infrastructure, not submarines. We need R&D not manufacturing. We need one government not 8. Teachers and doctors are heroes, not athletes. but hey, what do I know? :)

 

Miron

How could people get so unkind?

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From: Kate Clarke <kittycatbiscuits@yahoo.com.au>
To: "powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au" <powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au>
Cc: "powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au" <powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [powderworks] KotM

 

No worries at all. The bigger question is - how the hell can Australia survive like this? I work in retail and it is beyond salvation - salaries are so high we can't afford to put more staff on. The staff I look after are scraping by on reduced hours.   Let's not even talk about health care and education which the rest of my family is in - if we could import labour into Australia trust me, the employers would jump at it. And essentially that is what BP has done, except the processing plant happens to be based in Singapore. 

Someone tell me some good new!

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