While our attention was diverted, this happened

[bob10]

More job losses, Bob



BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance to axe hundreds of mining jobs in Queensland - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/bma-700-job-losses-queensland-mines/5762744)

Unemployment twice as high amongst mining-related professionals - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-25/unemployment-twice-as-high-amongst-mining-related-professionals/5768614)

[ramblingboy42]

mmm think I retired at the right time BMA Blackwater was almost my bread and butter.

[disco man]

It's not all bad,old can-do Newman assures us all the workers will get a run in the new mine starting up. What a load of crap!!!!! I think he will be a one term wonder,he will be lucky to keep his own seat;)

[scarry]

It's not all bad,old can-do Newman assures us all the workers will get a run in the new mine starting up. What a load of crap!!!!! I think he will be a one term wonder,he will be lucky to keep his own seat;)

Without getting political,if you knew what he has done to some,possibly most parts of the public service,you would easily see that he and his crew have absolutely no idea what they are doing,none at all....

And no i don't work there,but we do some contract work for them.

[disco man]

Without getting political,if you knew what he has done to some,possibly most parts of the public service,you would easily see that he and his crew have absolutely no idea what they are doing,none at all....

And no i don't work there,but we do some contract work for them.

I have two good friends that work at the Townsville hospital and both tell me some shocking stories that have all come about from staff shortages and funding cuts to vital services. The president of our fishing club works at Stuart prison with very similar stories. Without making this into a political thread things have only gotten worse since Can-do took over.

[Hoges]

You can't keep borrowing indefinitely without a day of reckoning ... so where do they cut expenditure. If the other mob had got back the state would either be bankrupt or they would have cut budgets likewise... think about it;)

[scarry]

You can't keep borrowing indefinitely without a day of reckoning ... so where do they cut expenditure. If the other mob had got back the state would either be bankrupt or they would have cut budgets likewise... think about it;)

True,but you can cut back in the short term,but once your term is over,it is going to cost a lot more to sort out the mess in the long term.

No good rushing around,cutting everything to pieces without thinking about it,and not doing it in a sensible business way,and looking at the big picture.

nuff said,the moderators may arrive....:D:p:angel:

[disco man]

The last thing i want to say in regards to Can-do, Townsville hospital,one of the worst in the state, Townsville has the highest jobless in the state, Bruce highway between Townsville and Cairns gets cut off every wet season, Two schools sold,Three major road improvement projects have been cancelled, Major reduction in research funding for the Barrier Reef at JCU,Highest rate of car theft in the state, All the above were issues he promised at election time to fix,not a single thing has changed yet he and his team were awarded MASSIVE pay rises at the start of the year. From what i see a lot of money spent in the Brisbane,Gold and Sunshine coast's and the rest of us up north can get stuffed.

He promised the North so much and has done absolutely nothing, Maybe the people in the south of the state get a good deal off him? But up here things have gotten worse in a very short time. And i don't buy into this whole they have to fix the previous governments mistakes bull****. If that was the case why promise the people up north things you had no hope of achieving.

[Chucaro]

IMHO I started doubting long ago if the problem with both parties is about political ideology or in the way that the economist on those parties have being educated at University level.
Every time that a new government come it have two solutions, cut costs by retrenching people or selling the " jewelry" (privatization of assets that make money)
At the end we finish with massive unemployment with the social implications that are more costly than the wages that these people earned plus we lost assets and the control of them.
For implementing the above two " solutions" they are very quick to act but to come with the logical solution of creating conditions that generate jobs they are very slow to not say incapable.

[bob10]

The last thing i want to say in regards to Can-do, Townsville hospital,one of the worst in the state, Townsville has the highest jobless in the state, Bruce highway between Townsville and Cairns gets cut off every wet season, Two schools sold,Three major road improvement projects have been cancelled, Major reduction in research funding for the Barrier Reef at JCU,Highest rate of car theft in the state, All the above were issues he promised at election time to fix,not a single thing has changed yet he and his team were awarded MASSIVE pay rises at the start of the year. From what i see a lot of money spent in the Brisbane,Gold and Sunshine coast's and the rest of us up north can get stuffed.

He promised the North so much and has done absolutely nothing, Maybe the people in the south of the state get a good deal off him? But up here things have gotten worse in a very short time. And i don't buy into this whole they have to fix the previous governments mistakes bull****. If that was the case why promise the people up north things you had no hope of achieving.


At the risk of incurring the wrath, I totally agree with you. Katter, & Yanner, all you have. I believe, the NT & NQ, should be one state. Bob

[Chucaro]

At the risk of incurring the wrath, I totally agree with you. Katter, & Yanner, all you have. I believe, the NT & NQ, should be one state. Bob

You say that because you like to have the NT Draught that it is heaps better that the XXXX :p:D
Now we start a serious debate :angel: :wasntme:

[disco man]

At the risk of incurring the wrath, I totally agree with you. Katter, & Yanner, all you have. I believe, the NT & NQ, should be one state. Bob

Many people label Katter a bit of a crack pot,but i think he makes a lot of sense. And he loves the north and wants to see it improve. He needs stronger policies to be taken seriously.

[TeamFA]

IMHO I started doubting long ago if the problem with both parties is about political ideology or in the way that the economist on those parties have being educated at University level.
Every time that a new government come it have two solutions, cut costs by retrenching people or selling the " jewelry" (privatization of assets that make money)
At the end we finish with massive unemployment with the social implications that are more costly than the wages that these people earned plus we lost assets and the control of them.
For implementing the above two " solutions" they are very quick to act but to come with the logical solution of creating conditions that generate jobs they are very slow to not say incapable.

Well said.

And I DO work for the Queensland Government. Shortsightedness abounds.