100 radical ideas to transform Australia
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Dogmatix said:Just saw this and thought of you Hawkeye
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REDBACK said:Dogmatix said:Just saw this and thought of you Hawkeye
http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/1958_democracy.jpg
Best picture of the year award!
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Just noticed this and I agree. Made my day.
Assuming the budget gets through unchanged these ones can be ticked off:
3 Abolish the Clean Energy Fund
29 Eliminate the National Preventative Health Agency
30 Cease subsidising the car industry
47 Cease funding the Australia Network
These ones have been partially started:
11 Introduce fee competition to Australian universities
18 Eliminate family tax benefits
52 Reduce the size of the public service from current levels of more than 260,000 to at least the 2001 low of 212,784
82 Abolish the Australian Human Rights Commission <One commissioner axed>
Based on their other promises (some strong some not so), hopefully we can also tick these off:
1 Repeal the carbon tax, and don't replace it. It will be one thing to remove the burden of the carbon tax from the Australian economy. But if it is just replaced by another costly scheme, most of the benefits will be undone.
2 Abolish the Department of Climate Change
4 Repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
31 Formalise a one-in, one-out approach to regulatory reduction
43 Repeal the mining tax
44 Devolve environmental approvals for major projects to the states
48 Privatise Australia Post
49 Privatise Medibank
56 Abolish the Baby Bonus -< This was done under Labor with bipartisan support>
60 Remove all remaining tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade
61 Slash top public servant salaries to much lower international standards, like in the United States
75 Privatise the Snowy-Hydro Scheme
87 Negotiate and sign free trade agreements with Australia's largest trading partners, including China, India, Japan and South Korea
93 Abolish the luxury car tax
99 Rule out the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment for electronic gaming machines
3 Abolish the Clean Energy Fund
29 Eliminate the National Preventative Health Agency
30 Cease subsidising the car industry
47 Cease funding the Australia Network
These ones have been partially started:
11 Introduce fee competition to Australian universities
18 Eliminate family tax benefits
52 Reduce the size of the public service from current levels of more than 260,000 to at least the 2001 low of 212,784
82 Abolish the Australian Human Rights Commission <One commissioner axed>
Based on their other promises (some strong some not so), hopefully we can also tick these off:
1 Repeal the carbon tax, and don't replace it. It will be one thing to remove the burden of the carbon tax from the Australian economy. But if it is just replaced by another costly scheme, most of the benefits will be undone.
2 Abolish the Department of Climate Change
4 Repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
31 Formalise a one-in, one-out approach to regulatory reduction
43 Repeal the mining tax
44 Devolve environmental approvals for major projects to the states
48 Privatise Australia Post
49 Privatise Medibank
56 Abolish the Baby Bonus -< This was done under Labor with bipartisan support>
60 Remove all remaining tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade
61 Slash top public servant salaries to much lower international standards, like in the United States
75 Privatise the Snowy-Hydro Scheme
87 Negotiate and sign free trade agreements with Australia's largest trading partners, including China, India, Japan and South Korea
93 Abolish the luxury car tax
99 Rule out the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment for electronic gaming machines