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as a percentage of each dollar paid in gst WA gets the least back. Federal Laws are only constitutional if they fall under a head of power. The point is that the australian constitution was never set up to have a situation where those heads of power have been interpreted so broadly by the...

you appear to have disregarded everything ihave just pointed out to you

Thats completely screwed up. If you wanted a strong central government you would want a unitary not a federal system. The founding fathers envisioned a limited commonwealth (the cth government only has authority under 'exclusive powers' enumerated in the constitution, and the states have...

as opposed to the bankrupted state governments we already have? We dont get any real democracy if the states cant make their own financial choices

you are aware of tied grants And that the govt determines the percentage of gst collected that individual states actually get via the commonwealth grants commission. At this stage our federal balance is so distorted we should just let gst fund the commonwealth and make income taxes a state...

no it isn't. The only way the state can get money is by raping you on stamp duty and local government fees and charges, and by being beholden to mining companies

thats because the commonwealth took away their ability to raise their own income taxes at the state level there are so few sources of revenue they end up being in the pockets of big business and destroying the environment, or having to keep certain people happy because it is politically expedient

more people will watch it than the drum since nobody actually watches the drum he could at least make a good layperson guest on qanda seriously though abc recycle the same 15 people on every panel show they do

seriously why doesnt he have his own tv show

Re: Germanwings Airbus A320 crash: Copilot Andreas Lubitz ‘wanted to destroy plane’ we should be happy the a320's systems were cleared of any wrongdoing

why don't you get it, its already happening. KYvyJTe8iNM]

they've licenced like 2/3rds of of nsw for exploration most of it was done under labor also, they could potentially poison the GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN

during howard and early rudd the states were wall to wall labour

It's happening

well it looks like sydney is going to be a csg hellhole with wells being drilled right next to your drinking supply.

am i the only one who finds how to vote cards totally retarded. Ok yeah i get it i put a 1 if i wanna vote for you

these store are going to be the death of myer/country road/kookai/witchery/all the other mediocre australian boutiques

all this stuff about flights being too computerised is nonsense. The only reason these highly computerised aircrafts crash is because the pilots entered the wrong data and dont know how to react properly.

germanwings invading france just like hitler did

its been a bad news for airbus