You think that's bad? Cyclone Yasi damaged large parts of Queensland under Labor. And that's on top of the floods a few months earlier.
See http://forums.silverstackers.com/message-566451.html#p566451. Most of the cost increase is actually a result of state govts and the regulators not the Australian Government which is responsible for: - the carbon tax (added about 10% compared to 2012), - MRET/LRET (with was both parties but was ramped up thanks to the Greens) and SRES (which has added about 0.5-0.75c/kWh in total)
+1. ALP causes big floods while the Coalition causes big droughts (100% correlation over past 2 decades ).
but the difference is the ALP flexes their socialist muscles when there is a flood and makes the whole country pay for it with a levy. Why should home owners too retarded to take out an insurance policy be bailed out by bob that lives in WA? ALP loves their wealth redistribution.
Reckon you could afford a 300% increase in your insurance cost's ? One fella up this way was slugged $300 for a Tsunami excess on his home insurance, He lives 400 mt above sea level. Think they might be taking things a bit far there.
Why cant there be a levy for the beaches on the gold coast to be fixed rather than my rates going up. surely everyone can chip in for that, fair's fair. As for the 300% increase, one would say the insurance companies need a boot up the ass. No money used from the levy to address those crooks was there? I guess that's the price to pay for living in a flood zone, so many places here that went under in the 60's that will go under again one day. People seem to forget after a while, the insurance companies didn't make them live there they just don't want to pay for the fools that chose to live there themselves.
Thankfully Tony Abbott will win the election and pass a law to abolish floods so we won't have to deal with them until Labor gets in again.
Abotts going to be on ABC 1 'Insiders' tmrw morning at 9.00am for Fathers Day....Can't wait to see what he says he's going to do for us!
The Pirate Party has no history of Drought, Flood or fiscal malfeasceance... vote for the Pirate Party p.s. the sex party causes hurricanes
The flood levy was nothing to do with private property - it was to pay for the uninsured public infrastructure the Labor state government had neglected to insure.
As always he will pander to the ignorant older wannabe rich xenophobes. Heres what to expect: -Labor bashing; lots and lots of labor bashing. Blaming the GFC on labor and all that fun stuff -Lots of "no" -Talk about abolishing the carbon tax that is already gone and blaming cost of living increases on labor, not thilthy old greedy c*nts like himself. -Blank staring while rapidly nodding and not saying a word -Something something labor=bad -Selling the liberals pathetic excuse of an NBN -More pandering to older conservative "I got mine so f*ck everyone else" type people
I agree If the Laboral Party are not re elected Australia will be be completely safe from all natural disasters! This is my Guarantee* as safe as a house in a flood plain. (Guarantee subject to terms and conditions.)
Has either party mentioned the Trans Pacific Partnership at all? It looks like it has the potential to really turtle us all, but I haven't heard a peep from anyone in the media or politicians about it. Read this and see one reason to vote Labor... If the liberals get in we are definitely turtled on this point http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/trade-talks/4689004 The TPP is a multinational trade deal involving 12 countries including the US and Australia. If finalised it'll account for 40 per cent of the global economy. The trade talks are heavily shrouded in secrecyand critics are concerned the TPP will benefit multinational corporations at the expense of existing labour and social protections.... One of the key sticking points is Australia's opposition to the US push for an investor-state dispute settlement clause. An investor-state dispute settlement clause gives a multinational company which believes its investment has been harmed by a government decision the right to sue a state in an international arbitration tribunalwhich would have the power to overrule local laws.
I don't know Julie Rudd just got caught out again the other day after trying to claim Libs have blown 10 Billion.... Did'nt look to happy about it on t.v either...... Labor are the ones that are no good with money!
The Economist just shot its cred, such as it was, down in flames. Must have been speaking to 'Euromoney'. OC
