anyone still prepared to vote labor?, page-7

I'll be voting Labor.

As they are the party closest to the centre , the greens are far left loonies and the Coalition have shifted so far to the right it amazing anyone could believe that would be looking after anyone other than their big business masters.

Abbott has already started to launch his attack on the countries poorest workers the day after the election was annouced , true colours straight up the flag pole. Expect much more of the same times ten if he wins.

"The Coalition has today confirmed that they would re-impose a 15 per cent tax on Australia's lowest paid workers (earning below $37,000) including 2.1 million women.

When asked today during his appearance at the National Press Club whether he would maintain the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) Tony Abbott confirmed the Coalition would not keep this important Labor tax cut.

JOURNALIST: The Coalition's promised to scrap all expenditures relating to the mining tax, I believe. And also in your document at the weekend you said there wouldn't be substantial changes to superannuation. But there's something called the low income super contribution, which I think is funded from mining tax?

ABBOTT: Yes.

JOURNALIST: And scrapping it I think would make superannuation more expensive for people earning under $37,000 a year. So I'm just wondering if you can - does it stay or does it go? Can you just reconcile that?

ABBOTT: Well I said there'd be no unexpected detrimental changes and the change you allude to is one we've put on the record many months ago and yes, that stands.

This development constitutes a superannuation tax increase of up to $500 on every Australian worker earning below $37,000.

The Low Income Superannuation Contribution has been in place since 1 July 2012 at a cost of approximately $1 billion per annum."