The Talented Mr Shorten, page-23

"Shorten will say anything to get elected, then like the L.A.W. law tax cuts, just renege on the promises once they get in.
They hate small business because their unions cannot operate there."

Indeed moon', how many times did the gov'ts led by Rudd and Gillard promise cuts to company tax and specifically "small business company tax" to win an election and after only to break that promise once elected or then continually amend those promises as fantastical plans to pay for those always illusionary "Labor Business Tax Cuts" disintegrated into thin air.

From memory Swan's new Mining Tax and PRRT were to pay for tens of $billions of company tax cuts, infrastructure builds and Superannuation changes etc. etc.

And where was Shorten when all these Labor gov't crapulous claims were being spruiked to electors?
Well he was a key cabinet minister at the forefront of Labor policy formulation and to further throw mud in the face of voters who possess memories he fantasised about Labor company tax cuts last week in his Budget reply speech.

Talk about taking the mickey out of electors Shorten has the gall to now spruik that a 5% tax cut to small businesses from 30% to 25% was now Labor policy!

At least Swanny was only game enough to claim he would cut tax by 1% or 2% he knew there were limits to the public absorption rates of the rubbish he excreted.

5% small business tax cuts from labor!
Just how dumb does Shorten think Aussie voters are?

Swan tries to win over WA's non-mining sector

Date
May 17, 2010
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/swan-tries-to-win-over-was-nonmining-sector-20100517-v97f.html

"Treasurer Wayne Swan is trying to divide and conquer Western Australian business, reminding companies outside the resources sector they have a lot to gain from a new mining tax.
Mr Swan spent today in Perth - the "epicentre" of the furious debate over the impost - trying to counter a robust campaign by the resources sector against the super profits tax.

Labor wants the mining tax to fund cuts to the company tax rate and a boost in infrastructure spending but says those initiatives will be lost if the tax is rolled by the industry and the coalition.

The government is working hard to garner support for its initiative - a centrepiece of its strategy to get the budget back into surplus - after it failed to get any bounce in the latest opinion polls.

The latest opinion poll today had the government and the coalition neck-and-neck at 50 per cent of the vote after the distribution of preferences.

The most notable feature was a surge in support for Julia Gillard as Labor leader.

The deputy prime minister garnered 40 per cent support as best Labor leader, up from 32 per cent in March.

She is now just five points behind Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, at 45 per cent, who is down 12 points over the past two months.

Her growing popularity among voters intensified continuing political chatter about Ms Gillard's future leadership aspirations.

But Ms Gillard continued to rule out a tilt at the leadership anytime soon, as did her colleagues.

"There's more chance of me becoming the full-forward for the Dogs (her AFL team the Western Bulldogs) than there is any chance of a change in the Labor Party," she said.

While Mr Rudd steered clear of the media spotlight today, senior ministers were out in force backing their leader.

"We have a prime minister and his name is Kevin Rudd and he's doing a great job," Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is warning voters not to be fooled by the idea a Labor government would be any better under Ms Gillard than Mr Rudd.

"It doesn't matter in a sense who is leader of the Labor Party," Mr Abbott said.

"It's the policies that they've got, and the policies aren't working."

The policy he takes most issue with is the mining super profits tax, which has the resource sector up in arms.

In a letter to shareholders, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser warned the tax would hit working families - appropriating Mr Rudd's favourite interest group - in regional Australia.

"(It) will unfairly impact communities and working families across regional Australia, the people who provide essential goods and services to our industry, superannuation funds, individual shareholders and future generations," he said.

Mr Swan pitched to a different audience as he addressed the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry, appealing to firms that in the past bore the brunt of extreme demand in the mining industry.

Mr Swan said debate about a two-speed economy wasn't about the mining states of WA and Queensland versus the rest of the country, it was more a sectoral issue.

"WA has some sectors that benefit from a high dollar and high terms of trade, while some others do not. In that way it's no different from the rest of the country," he said.

"Small businesses in WA need a tax cut and less red tape and I want to give it to them. The manufacturing and construction sector in WA needs a tax cut and I want to give them one. All industries need skilled workers and we want to train them.""