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He's showing restraint because he doesn't need to do anything, Julia trips herself over with her political faux paus on a daily basis.

Not sure what else you expect of Ted Baillieu given that is what he's done with his family money as well, selling his mother's beautiful lot on St George's road when she died.

So it's OK for the unions to play dirty, for example by ignoring Fair Work Australia orders to get back to work (Nurses Union), yet it's political game playing to cut back on this kind of militant behaviour?

...and Rudd's $900 handout to everyone was considered a tax rather than a handout?

Even if they made a capital gain evand it would be smaller than before due to the price drops. Definitely not a revenue-neutral change to CGT.

He is implying that as a % of GDP, Howard is the higher taxing government compared to Labor.

That's cause no one is making capital gains in the GFC, it's got nothing to do with a high taxing government. Seriously...

Not sure what you're trying to imply Belbo, but unless you have the reading comprehension of nothing more than 4 year old I think you will understand it. Of course I suspect the reality is another pseudo-intellectual snipe which is ill-conceived.

Agreed. There is a reason why Turnbull was removed. He won't change party despite ALP voters declaring their love for him - his electorate is Wentworth for God's sake! Plus given his personal fortune he does not at all conform to the traditional Union Hack background of the ALP.

That's because whenever Labor talks about a surplus it involves more taxes while increasing/maintaining government spending. Businesses know exactly how Swan plans to get his surplus after spending billions upon billions on other things - through their bottom line.

Okay...and here I thought the current Labour government is like putting children in a candy shop and asking them not to touch anything.

I think there is far more chance of an Abbott government surplus than a Gillard/Swan government surplus.