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fractured fairytales .....

The much vaunted mining sector, often credited with getting Australia through the global financial crisis, is ripping us off. That's the message from last week's budget.
a fairy story with useless purpose...

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says it is up to the states and territories to make a case for changes to the goods and services tax (GST), after NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell called for an overhaul.
crying wolf .....

Four nights ago, when a nervous Wayne Swan rose to deliver the budget that was crafted to create a ''stronger, smarter, fairer Australia'', the public galleries were sparsely populated and unanimated, his colleagues were stoic, sullen and stern, and the mood almost funereal.
oil on the pavement of opinions...

Picture by Gus: Like an oil film on a street, opinions can show different colours depending on the slant (or place) of our observation...
the old trolley problem ....

Computers could take some tough decisions out of our hands, if we let them. Is there still a place for human judgement?
budget reply anal-ysis..

Yep, the barking of Tonicchio offers nothing else but hot coals and pain for the future, should you let him in... Mind you the CCs of the ABC are in rapture... I mean Barry Cassidy and Annabel Crabb... They both got hooked on Tony's thick fishing line, like lazy perches in search of a quick worm...



