By: buzzanddidj
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TV Show Name: THE BUDGET 2008: RIGHT OF REPLY
Broadcast Date: Thursday 15 May 2008
Channel: Free to Air / ABC1
Broadcast Time: 7.30 pm
Classifications: Other, (CC, Live excluding SA and NT)
Timeslot Duration: 30 mins
Official title / weblink if available: THE BUDGET 2008: RIGHT OF REPLY
Thought I'd get this of to an early start, to avoid multiple threads on the subject
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By: casino43r
15/05/2008
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| i say only 36% of australia's will watch this boring 30 mins!!!!! |
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By: terrycopter
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and just what do you base that figure on casino are you a statistician
at least it will be delivered by a real person and not a muppet |
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By: buzzanddidj
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I'll be watching
Just to see his skills in padding out 30 minutes with the
'alcopops' debate |
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By: stevesmithie
15/05/2008
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| don't forget the luxury cars tax buzz ..LOL |
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By: buzzanddidj
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'don't forget the luxury cars tax buzz ..LOL'
That should appeal to 'Howard's Battlers' |
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By: buzzanddidj
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Budget reply speech crucial for Nelson
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson will get up in parliament tonight to give his official reply to the Rudd government's "high-taxing, high-spending" first budget.
With his poor showing in the opinion polls, some commentators believe Dr Nelson's performance will make or break his future as Liberal leader.
http://news.theage.com.au/national/budget-reply-sp eech-crucial-for-nelson-20080515-2eef.html
I wish they were using 'THE WORM'
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By: mr_rekshun
15/05/2008
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| Perhaps Nelson'll criticize Rudd for actually keeping his promises, when he could have fallen back on the ole' non-core promises chestnut to mitigate spending. |
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By: casino43r
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| i can see the reports in tomorrows papers and on here "nelson stumbles out of the starting blocks" then it was all down hill from there!!!!! lol |
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By: stevesmithie
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im a diehard labor man ........
and for some reason im feeling a bit sorry for for nelson tonight. |
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By: buzzanddidj
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STARTING NOW
ABC1
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By: slr2007mclaren
15/05/2008
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Last year they listened to what the now Prime Minister and Treasurer had to say.
They heard them say they were going to be good economic managers.
They heard them say that they would do something about grocery prices.
They heard them say they would do something about the price of petrol.
They heard them say they would do something about home interest rates.
They heard a lot.
Every Australian should now ask themselves this question:
Will this budget make it easier to keep my house, fill the car with petrol, put groceries in the trolley and keep my job?
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By: slr2007mclaren
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The Prime Minister and Treasurer have styled themselves as new Labor leaders, yet this is old Labor returning to haunt the Australian economic landscape.
This is an old-fashioned high-taxing, high-spending Labor budget that seeks to punish those it does not like and discourage aspiration.
The Government promised to ease the pressure on âworking familiesâ, but failed the very people they promised to help.
How can any government boast of a budget that proposes to put 134,000 Australians out of work? Under the Coalition it was âwelfare to workâ. Under Labor, we are headed again on the road of work to welfare.
How can they boast of a budget that largely ignores the men and women whose sacrifices built this nation â pensioners and retirees?
How can they boast of a budget that not only leaves carers "in the lurch", but sells them down the river?
Where was the incentive for small family business?
Where was the emphasis on water, farmers, rural and regional Australians?
This budget, like this Government, puts media spin ahead of substance, bureaucratic doublespeak ahead of people and more than 100 reviews, inquiries and committees ahead of decisions.
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By: footbru
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I give Brenda 3 weeks.
Just BTW, why does the opposition leader reply, rather than the Shadow Treasurer? Always wondered ... |
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By: slr2007mclaren
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Clever media strategy is no substitute for a sound economic strategy â and Australians know it.
For months, the nervous man that is Treasurer talked up an "inflation genie" as being out of the bottle. He spoke of an inflationary crisis. He darkly warned that deep spending cuts were needed.
Yet he has delivered a budget that actually increases spending and taxes. Far from slaying inflation, this budgetary approach risks breathing new life into it.
This budget will do little to reassure Australians nervous that this Treasurer and this Government really understand what they are doing.
In contrast, the Liberal and National parties have enormous demonstrated experience to keep a strong, competitive Australian economy and make sound judgements according to economic circumstances.
Mr Speaker, since last November's election, the Prime Minister and Treasurer have been more concerned with undermining and misrepresenting the Howard-Costello legacy rather than seriously grappling with the economic challenges ahead. |
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By: slr2007mclaren
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Today, Australians are not confident about our economy.
Business and consumer confidence has plunged to record breaking lows despite our fundamentals still being strong.
Retail sales have fallen, building approvals have flatlined, house values have fallen in many suburbs and Australians are less confident in both the economy and their government.
All this before the global liquidity crisis is yet to fully wash through the Australian economy and Labor's inflationary job-destroying roll back on workplace relations.
Union bosses are back in town.
We have no confidence in the Prime Minister to stand up to union intimidation. Why would he? After all, they put him into government.
Under Labor there is little opportunity for Australians to get ahead.
This underwhelming budget is one of lost opportunity.
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By: slr2007mclaren
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For all his talk of slaying some dragon, the Treasurer has breathed new life into inflation with a budget that delivers something Australians have not known in Commonwealth budgets for some time â tax increases.
The Government has perpetrated a fraud on the Australian public.
Preliminary calculations indicate that the budget will increase the CPI by up to 0.4 per cent.
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By: slr2007mclaren
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The price of alcohol is up. The price of cars is up. The price of groceries will be pressured in part from higher taxes on trucks. The passenger movement charge is up. Taxes on computer software are up and workers are about to have the Treasurer bite into their hard earned money with a tax on canteen meal cards.
And health insurance premiums will increase with measures that will see a so far confirmed figure of half a million mainly young people, drop out - leaving families, pensioners and retirees to face higher premiums.
It also removes a net $300 million from Australia's hospitals.
We stand up for Australians with private health insurance. We always will. We will oppose this measure.
These are real price increases that will cut into the household budget of real Australians, many of whom can least afford it.
These price increases could also mean higher interest rates. |
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By: lefowlerau
15/05/2008
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Will this budget make it easier to keep my house?
Since we own our apartment, this is not relevant.
fill the car with petrol?
I ride a scoooter.
Put groceries in the trolley?
I have no problem paying for groceries and eat out most nights anyway.
And keep my job?
I'm very good at my job and very secure in it.
I don't allow the government to decide my quality of life SLR, but from the questions you have just put, it is apparent that you do. . |
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By: slr2007mclaren
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The Treasurer has not, as he says, "taken the axe to irresponsible spending". He has merely taken a sledgehammer to people the Labor Party doesn't like and ignored others â seniors, carers, small business, rural and regional communities.
The Government has cut $15.2 billion to Coalition programs. But then it has added $30.1 billion worth of new Labor spending over the same period.
So net spending will increase by $14.9 billion over the forward estimates.
The Government has not paid for this new spending with cuts.
The Government has instead chosen to impose taxes and revenue measures that will raise $19.7 billion over five years.
Far from reducing taxes to encourage incentive and workforce participation, this budget increases taxes.
This is a high taxing, high spending Labor government. |
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By: slr2007mclaren
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thank you for your comments lef
but this is a copy of Nelson's reply |
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By: slr2007mclaren
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| As for the income tax cuts announced by the Treasurer on Tuesday night, bear in mind that these are Coalition tax cuts copied by the new Treasurer. He no longer has a straight-A student in the form of Peter Costello to copy. Australians have seen the last tax cut they will see for some time. |
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By: lefowlerau
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Oh I see!
This is the budget REPLY!!!
Just when I thought there couldn't be anything more dull than the budget. |
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By: stevesmithie
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to me and most pundits this is a sensible budget
i cannot take a lib stooge seriously |
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By: lefowlerau
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You are cutting and pasting the whole budget reply????
Can you say sycophant? |
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