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agricultural land that has to be fracked immigration which he would like to reduce the number of people of temporary work visas by increasing educational opportunity for australians while at the same time maintaining migration family reunions and refugee numbers refugees on manus island and narue would never be settled in australia to do so would apparently according to the security information mr shorten has would just encourage people smugglers again so taking refugees before they get to places where these smugglers operate is a much better idea also restoring services to refugees and new migrants increases job opportunities for all manufacturing in australia this would be improved by an alp government insisting on local content and for every contract awarded 1 in 10 jobs created would be an apprenticeship he also pointed out that australia still has some steel making ability and he would like to see australia also getting into using that together with recent lithium discoveries to create our own lithium batteries for example he also pointed out that as an island nation not to have our own mercantile fleet was a little strange and it bothered him that our products were being carried by ships that did not have australian ecological or safety standards an alp government would stop the privatisation of tafe and provide support for courses as well as finance for small medium businesses to employ apprentices eating disorders a request was made for more support for this under medicare ndis and mr shorten acknowledged that it had previously been raised and the alp was looking to organise a schedule number for these conditions because medicare currently does not provide sufficient support he took the questioner s contact details to pass on to i ve forgotten the person who is dealing with the health portfolio sorry investments negative gearing and franking credits were both raised mr shorten pointed out that the negative gearing proposal of the alp was grandfathered if you have them now it won t change but they would no longer be available as an investment option franking credits were originally to avoid double taxation on dividend income which used to be taxed at both company and personal income levels paul keating thought income should only be taxed once hence the credits but changes were made by the howard government so that if someone just held shares they got the credits even if there was no income from them it was pointed out that it was still money from the government even if it wasn t a pension as such when that particular questioner insisted that he was not drawing a pension mr shorten pointed out that the alp would change the way those franking credits were issued and increase access to other supports for those affected it was also pointed out that the alp s policy was to reduce the loopholes that enable multinationals to avoid paying taxes on profits made in australia and that concessions allowing them to visit their money in the caymen islands and claim business deductions would also be reduced that s just not right he said climate change the alp wants to have at least 50 renewables by 2030 which would also reduce carbon emissions with the aim of 0 net emissions by 2050 this would lead to more jobs and more opportunities for businesses to be developed there was also mention of incentives to reduce emissions but i missed part of what was said because of the applause remote housing apparently funding has been cut for this by the atm government over the past five years mr shorten asked that we all write to our current mps to point out that providing services and housing in remote areas encourages people into jobs that benefit them and their communities and being able to stay on country means that particularly aboriginal australians end up with fewer problems it also means that there are jobs were the people are rather than moving the people to where there are no jobs anyway age care again it was pointed out that money had been cut from services and that by increasing funding to medicare ndis people who need the support would have it again schools this was asked twice catholic vs public and private vs public mr shorten was very clear that because all parent paid taxes they were entitled to get some support for the schools their children attended but that not all schools need the same amount of support in order for all australian children to have the best chances in education the alp was proposing to reinvest 14 3 billion over ten years in both early childhood primary and secondary education as well as providing support for reducing abolishing the privatisation of tafe courses and un capping some university courses the investment would be base on the rationality of need so that schools with higher needs would have greater amounts of support including educational assistants more teachers and more resources medical cannabis this was the last question of the night and mr shorten admitted that it was a very fraught question from the information that mr shorten had he appreciated that medical cannabis could be very useful for chronic conditions and appreciated deeply the temptations presented particularly when children were in pain the alp would like to change the law on this following the recommendations of the tga but acknowledged that the process of getting those recommendations is a very long and expensive process leave a comment who gets to say i m a citizen of this country 20150607 uncategorized australian citizenship legislation politics curioz i discovered today that this government of ours is currently holding a conversation about increasing the value of australia citizenship have a read of their blurb then have a think about it and remember that mr dutton has already admitted that he thinks it should be something that the minister alone can rule on here s the blurb about it the link to the survey is at the bottom of the page just click on the how to provide your views button to get there this is the direct link to the survey courtesy of leonetwo over at the pub i also offer the answers of one curmudgeon who has kindly provided his answers to this survey it might give you a start it will certainly inform your own conversations about this topic personally i am not overly impressed after all i probably fall into the demographic that is likely to offend mr dutton the minister concerned by objecting to his desire to remove citizenship from any person who has or is eligible for dual citizenship with such a remarkable lack of evidence or oversight by the law or judiciary i think i have read watched too many dystopian stories not to want to fight against this brain dead brain fart of the nut jobs in this country the lnp s polling must be absolutely rock bottom for them to start dragging out such anti democratic anti liberal crap and if this is an example of their desires it is deservedly at rock bottom please consider completing the survey perhaps we might be the pebble that starts the avalanche that starts australia back to a more humane country again i m getting sufficiently annoyed that i might just do something view all 2 comments seasoned greetings 20141224 uncategorized curioz forty years ago yesterday my family landed on australia it s a big island you live on islands forty years ago tonight was my first christmas in this country and tomorrow morning will be the fortieth anniversary of my first experience of how australians react to disasters in all that time there have been good things and not so good things happen to me and mine but one things of which i have been very glad is the way in which my life has been seasoned by the collective outlook of the australians who have become my family and my fellow citizens so a very seasoned greetings to all and a hope that we have a big bright bold generous and fair future leave a comment an open letter to my representatives in australia s federal parliament 20141124 politics australian citizenship immigration legislation letters curioz australian citizenship and other legislation amendment bill 2014 it is with great concern that i noticed that the above bill was given its second reading debate only this morning and would seem to be on track for debate in the senate some time next week when the senate legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee makes its report this bill i find very disturbing and particularly of concern for any australian citizen who was not born here in australia according to the summary it would appear that anyone who incurs the disfavour of the minister for immigration could be bundled out of the country with no judicial review whatsoever the explanatory memorandum seems to focus on individuals who have more recently arrived in australia however as a citizen of over thirty years who is quite likely to offend the current minister for a variety of reasons mostly to do with his behaviour in dodging responsibility for those seeking refuge here i feel i am justified in feeling concerned whether i could also be turfed out of my home and sent away from my family just because i have offended a person in power from what little i have been able to find on the reasons for this proposed legislation it would appear that previous breeches of the citizenship acts have been dealt with under existing legislation and the minister probably already holds the power to revoke individual citizenships all be it with judicial review and oversight as it should be i am requesting that you represent me as a citizen of this country who could be adversely affected by this legislation to block or otherwise prevent the passage of this legislation through the senate and find a way to ensure that judicial oversight is maintained particularly on any legislation or regulation changes that may impact on the desire of people migrating to australia to become full citizens of this country regards your employer and australian citizen ps i haven t been able to work out what other legislation is referred to in the bill unless it is the current migration act and regulations but if it is a question of that legislation being changed to accommodate wording about spouses surely that could be dealt with through a more general piece of legislation aimed at correcting those definitions in all australian legislation without encumbering such changes with such meanly focused bill one comment so far power and responsibility 20141124 uncategorized immigration petitions curioz i registered with change org for a variety of reasons at the beginning of the year but i find it disturbing the increase in the number of petitions now being circulated about a the department of immigration denying residential visas to contributing members of our society on the grounds that infants they brought with them many years ago or children who have subsequently been born here when those children are diagnosed as having a physical or mental illness b banks or insurance companies of one flavour or another denying payouts that once embarrassed through public petition and media reports are apparently granted change org is probably not the only petition template provider that is starting to appear in the inbox whether it be email facebook or some other platform those are just the two i keep being forwarded so far i have no idea what to do about it or how to help apart from signing the petitions but i was struck by a passing reference to one of issac asimov s aphorisms this morning about it taking three generations for great things to rise and fall unless great care is taken with the education of the young in which case this current generation of politicians is definitely the third generation of conservatives since 1945 menzies fraser howard abbott and there are some alp types who fit right in there with them and i think there is a growing consensus that this current government is more reflective of the wastrel grandsons of old greatness concept than forgers of anything new leave a comment australia goes to not war again 20140901 letters politics defence forces islamic state letters mr abbott politics curioz a letter to my federal parliamentarians dear sirs apparently while parliament was not sitting over the weekend mr abbott has declared that we are going to be gun running for the kurdish people fighting against the islamic state in iraq he has indicated that we will apparently also be providing troops on the ground who may go into harm s way should one of the planes being used for this gun running activity be shot down and the crews need to be rescued i would appreciate a discussion in parliament and entered into the parliamentary record to explain the reasons for australia s support to the kurdish and other minority people of the region in this new fight including an explanation of who and why the so called islamic state developed and who originally funded it there may be a legitimate reasons why australia should offer this support to these people including provision of asylum if necessary if there is australia may well have a role in providing that help and australians deserve to have those reasons explained but there are too many indicators that this is less about protecting people far away from our country and more about protecting a prime minister and government that is divisive vindictive and determined to reduce our country to a mere resource to be gouged by others as australians i and my family deserve to be fully informed by our representatives as to the reasons why such risks by the australian defence forces are to be taken your employer not very impressed leave a comment who do you trust 20140830 uncategorized media msm politics rupert murdoch curioz there are times when i wonder about where people get their information and why they trust it this is not only a personal but a professional question too _i_ have come to the conclusion that on balance reportage about the world published by resources associated with mr murdoch are less likely to contain facts than the reportage from the guardian or the abc though poor old auntie is getting a bit questionable on occasion she is still relatively fair in reporting but it gets a bit much when i start finding myself looking for straight forward reporting on my own country to al jazera der speigal le monde or the bbc i was recently asked by an acquaintance how i rated prime minister abbott s handling of the incident in the ukraine as they though he had done quite well my response was that i felt he had performed adequately but certainly not in a manner that deserved all the praise he was getting from some very insular sources i was then challenged because my response was not in praise of mr abbott that i was ignorant of the sterling job australia s prime minister and foreign minister bishop in particular had done in getting the resolution up in the un condemning russia the problem is that it is not known that it was the russians who shot down that plane perhaps ...