Yes I will agree that it a shame and almost crimminal that a once once in a life time boom has come and gone and in large we have nothing to show for it in the way of any real investment in building an Australia for the future past being a supplier of raw commodities.
Seems the only plans the libs had for Australia's future was to continue with the dig it up flog it off mentality and to lower working standards of Australian's
The surplus - once agina mindless ranting about how libs built this great surplus and labor wasted it. Fact in boom times governments often build surpluses and in downturns they spend what was previously saved to keep or get the economy going again. Some thing the majority of business leaders and economists agree with, only the brina dead disulsioned died hard lib supporters seem to have a problem with it
Also they ignore the fact the WA state labor government had built a healthy surplus that has not been pushed into deficit by the new LIB government, partly due to the economic down turn but also as a direct result of the deal they had to do with the Nats to buy their way into office.
The Future fund - LOL it is still there it has not gone anywhere, but how was the futre fund established? largely by flogging of Telstra and what is it's purpose?
Despite the misleading name that the die hard lib supporters have fallen for, it was not established for the future of Australia, it was established to fund the unfunded public service suer liability.
