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Fair point. I don't think it was going to be carte blanche though. I was thinking more of the career related qualifications as opposed to hobby courses. Governments appear to have had a bit of a snobby attitude to TAFE and trades. I don't really get this. I mean, if everyone is white collar, who...

Something amusing. I just did the iSideWith quiz and pretty much got 50%/50%/50% for agreeing with Labor, Liberal and Greens policies. https://australia.isidewith.com/political-quiz

Not any better, is Shorten any different? I opposed the last government for: taking money away from low income earners by dumping the superannuation co-contribution for low income earners, retrospectively making it more expensive to pay back uni debt, cutting funding to universities etc. Now...

I don't think you can say that anymore. Rudd and Gillard certainly invested in infrastructure but both made some very savage cuts too, of which I was a victim of in the areas of higher education, HECS repayments and superannuation co-contribution for low income earners. The Abbott government is...

Read the rest of the post... "It's amazing how the Greens target themselves at younger generations, and these naives don't get that Greens grandiose and moral superiority will be funded by their toil."

Too often, electors think about what is in it for them at election. How about we turn that around ask: what would you give up to get the budget back into surplus? Personally, I would give up the ridiculous tax concessions on super. For some of my contributions to super, I effectively get a...

Did you not follow politics during that time? They squealed like stuck pigs, then squealed like stuck pigs some more. In terms of Tony Abbott, the rumour mill is saying that he is running his office like Rudd did. Didn't work for Rudd, won't work for him. I don't know that this is true but it...