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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Also a bit out of date - calculated on a Iron Price of $220 a tonne - currently at $120 a tonne - hmmm where has that $5b surplus gone. Value of exports almost halved in 6 months. Not good for the country, not good for WA and highlights the volatility of the WA economy with foundations based on just one industry. WA makes lots of money but as has been highlighted does not seem to flow back into the community with issues such as poor health infrastructure and surge capacity.

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What part of the 2021-2022 budget is out of date?
Instead of moaning about how much/less WA has helped the Australian economy how about telling us about how much the ACT has boosted the national coffers over the last few years[bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by Tote

But when times are good all the kudos belongs to WA ??

Regards,
Tote

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And why not , Stay safe from Covid over there . It is what it is we are either up there or put in the boondocks . [bigsmile1]

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Originally Posted by Fatso

WA has been in the 30/50% of GDP for donkeys' yrs so just used a sort of average and not filling up pages of rhetoric .

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WA has never been 30/50% of GDP - now you are just making things up - on a good day it is only around 14/15%.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

What part of the 2021-2022 budget is out of date?
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Based on a iron price of around $220 a tonne - where it is now around $120 a tonne - Surplus in budget is around $5b but in reality based on ore price will be far, far, far less - so yes the budget is out of date and needs a mid year update.

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

WA has never been 30/50% of GDP - now you are just making things up - on a good day it is only around 14/15%.

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Sorry getting my Australia Total Exports and GDPs mixed up . :oops2:

Had a weird experience today.
Went out looking for RAT test at Coles Kincumber, chemist and wife phoned discount chemist. (Central coast NSW.)
NO RAT tests.
Thought we would go to Kincumber test centre as there were about 16-20 cars lined up. Thought You beauty. Got there and all the cars lined up were empty! It looks like people are ditching their second car there to "bar" a spot.

But how do they know when or if it opens? all the cars will block everyone else unless they know immediately when the station opens. This was at about 11AM and later passed by at 12 noon.

Wife range Gosford Hospital and they said yes come along , however they are half an hour away.

Reason was that wife had close contact message friend who tested positive and 86 year old visiting on next Monday even though no symptoms but had played golf and had coffee with friend who later found to be positive..

Luckily my daughter had a spare RAT test and my wife tested negative.

My wife is trying to arrange a booster for 86 year old but no chance for weeks. We booked for Sunday 9/1/2022 in early December and that was earliest.

Regards PhilipA

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

Had a weird experience today.
Went out looking for RAT test at Coles Kincumber, chemist and wife phoned discount chemist. (Central coast NSW.)
NO RAT tests.
Thought we would go to Kincumber test centre as there were about 16-20 cars lined up. Thought You beauty. Got there and all the cars lined up were empty! It looks like people are ditching their second car there to "bar" a spot.

But how do they know when or if it opens? all the cars will block everyone else unless they know immediately when the station opens. This was at about 11AM and later passed by at 12 noon.

Wife range Gosford Hospital and they said yes come along , however they are half an hour away.

Reason was that wife had close contact message friend who tested positive and 86 year old visiting on next Monday even though no symptoms but had played golf and had coffee with friend who later found to be positive..

Luckily my daughter had a spare RAT test and my wife tested negative.

My wife is trying to arrange a booster for 86 year old but no chance for weeks. We booked for Sunday 9/1/2022 in early December and that was earliest.

Regards PhilipA

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Thought You beauty. Got there and all the cars lined up were empty! It looks like people are ditching their second car there to "bar" a spot.

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Ghost Cars eh?????
Maybe they belonged to the Disgruntled & ****ed off bunch who gave up waiting in desperation?[bighmmm] [bigrolf]

Was booked in for my booster on the 18/1 but with things starting to go nuts, thought I'd look at bringing that forward - checked on line - appointments all over the place. Rolled up to the Sunshine mass vax centre and was in and out in no time today - only around 6 people there in total. 2 others from work nipped up after me and had the same thing - heaps of capacity.

Looks like WA now has now joined the Omicron club , seems to be Delta Variant from the Backpacker outbreak last week + Omicron from somewhere as found today , was always going to happen since things got out hand of elsewhere , even a pub in Broome is a Covid site after a Queensland man returned home infected . Stay safe all .

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Was booked in for my booster on the 18/1 but with things starting to go nuts, thought I'd look at bringing that forward - checked on line - appointments all over the place. Rolled up to the Sunshine mass vax centre and was in and out in no time today - only around 6 people there in total. 2 others from work nipped up after me and had the same thing - heaps of capacity.

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I enquired about my booster shot today and I can't get mine until 1/2/22[bigsad]
At least I can get it before the COV19 "Armageddon" on 5/2/22 when the WA government is going to open up to allow the great unwashed into the State bringing this filty disease with them.[bigwhistle]