The Mature Abbott,,or is it Manure Rabbit?

[Viking King.]

Nationals out here since day dot and there has not been any growth so far as industry to help with employment, one particular company held the council to ransom so to speak and prevented other industry of similar size to enter the country city, yes, there is a mine site near by and that tend to push up rents, therefore putting people out of home.

"there is a mine site near by and that tend to push up rents, therefore putting people out of home"

You can not have it both ways. You have a mine site, that is industry, bringing people to your small town, htey need houses so that will increase demand... there is limited supply so the rents will go up. Simple supply and demand ecconomics.

Imagine if more industry come your way... the rents will go higher until someone invests to make more housing. they will only invest becuse they can get a high rent. The cost of ecconomic success would have short term problems for those local that are not on the new ecconomy in the area.

Same old story everywhere that goes through change. Those that can not adapt complain. Those that do prosper.

Find a way to take advantage of any change coming your way is the best thing you can do.

No, can't have it both ways, but just because a mine is in the area does not mean that landlords have to increase rents by sometime double, most sites in W.A use both loccal residents and FIFO from Perth to the Pilbara region, which in turn means there is little actual return or investment to the townships of the area as many are from far distance, where I am is not just a small town, it is listed as a city with 40,000 but we see little improvements within the area, sure they employ many locals but loacl mine workers unless with high degrees and diplomas, get a normal average wage $25 an hour is not super high income, they do not get overtime rates it is all flat rate, yes they do 12 hr shifts and rotating, they don't get shift allowence, so where is the real benifit to the worker apart from constant work when times are good?
I have no probs with mines I get a little shutdown work from time to time, but it is also better dollars than minesite workers, unfortunately not to be 5 days a week.

[Jovial Monk]

. . .despite the early polls, a poor government, the GFC and an obvious mood for change, the UK conservatives couldn’t win government. Unlike Abbott, however, they refrained from the sort of abusive behaviour our conservative coalition started in the tally room and still continued last week. Cameron was, therefore, able to manage what Abbott couldn’t – negotiate a coalition with the LibDems. LibDems wanted even bigger changes – an alternative voting system (preferential voting). Unlike Abbott’s Mob, Tories have kept their agreement & the referendum is (at least still was the week before our election) to be held in May.

Cameron is credited with success because, from the time of his elevation to leadership, he set about burying UK Tories Nasty Party image (they were actually called that, in print, by Murdoch’s competition) Abbott’s done the opposite – outdone Howard in creating Liberals Nasty Party image in Australia.

Apart from Cameron’s oh-so-cosy relationship with Murdoch – and there’s now no doubt that it, News of the World scandal, threatening MPs over the original Inquiry into it, and police corruption in failing to follow through on phone-tapping cases, cost the Tories the election – Tories know they would have swept into power.

If I were a Brit Tory (I’ve never met one who was a shrinking violet) I’d despise Abbott for the lies, his Party members’ abuse of Indies, the “costings” scandal, the over-the-top attempts to bribe the Indies, for conveying to Indies the impression that they’d force Oz back to the polls asap, that cost him government.

Cameron won. Abbott is a self-made failure.

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/ ... ent-649401

Libs, hell even the Nats, must know this but who the hell are they going to put up in place of Abbott? Not much talent in coalition ranks

[Viking King.]

All I see happening, is the coalition will block all plans and proposals to make the Gillard gov't look bad,
and at the end of the day say, "Why haven't you filled the promises?"
Abbott says they will do everything fair, but the moment he lost he was playing dirty pols.

[Jovial Monk]

“will TRY to block”

That blocking will get harder from 1/7/11.