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[Hypnotic]

I found that hilarious, then I realised, Chisolm is my electorate.

[B4TT]

That survey thing put me about where I thought I would be!

[skillionaire]

Hi,

 

Not a bad link, but no SHIT, I know who I am;

 

 

Cheers,

Nik

[B4TT]

hahaha.

Mine.

[skillionaire]

Hahahaha, how racist are you exactly?!

[Adam]

Hahaha

[B4TT]

Hahahaha, how racist are you exactly?!

Hahaha, Not very.

[B4TT]

Nik, your man! I know he is on the attack over the WA share of GST, but I think now more than ever shows that he really needs to go out guns blazing for it!

Treasurer Troy Buswell has unveiled a raft of budget savings as he battles to keep state debt in check and preserve an increasingly precarious budget surplus.
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This year the state is set to post a $386 million surplus, but Mr Buswell admitted he is fighting to avert a forecast deficit next year amid what he described as a "challenging climate".
The new budget contains a "fiscal action plan" which aims to save $6.8 billion over four years, partly by scrapping financial breaks for solar power users, motorists and first-time homebuyers.
Under the plans, land tax will increased by 12.5 per cent, while parents on 457 visas will have to pay $4000 a year to send their children to school.
The solar feed-in tariff will fall from 40 cents to 20 cents, while at the same time electricity prices increase by 4 per cent.
And the first homebuyer grant will fall from $7000 to $3000 for those buying existing properties, although the grant for buyers of newly built houses will rise to $10,000.
Mr Buswell said the plans were partly a response to WA's population growth, which saw the state swell by 75,000 people in the past year.
The savings plan will also burden the successful Royalties for Regions program with an extra $1.3 billion in spending this year, as well as calling for 1000 public sector workers to volunteer for redundancy.
Nationals leader Brendon Grylls, who founded the program, denied that the original vision of the project had been watered down, saying that it had been a success, and that he was happy for Royalties for Regions to contribute to protecting the budget as a whole.
Mr Buswell also locked in $5.7 billion in spending on big-ticket transport infrastructure, including the airport rail link, the MAX light rail system, and the Swan Valley bypass, also known as the Perth-Darwin Highway.
The projects, which will also rely on Commonwealth funding, will need significant investment from the private sector in order to be delivered by their 2019 completion dates.
Mr Buswell said he did not know how much private funding would be involved, and had therefore provisionally written the projects up as state debt for the time being.
Although the WA economy is set to swell by 3.25 per cent over the coming year – making it the fastest growing in the nation – Mr Buswell said people would have to take a "reality pill" after a year that has seen business investment falter as the resources industry ends its construction boom.
Mr Buswell said the government was battling to stave off the state's spiralling debt, set to hit $28.4 billion by 2017.
"Make no mistake, we have an issue with debt. This is an issue we have to confront," he said.
Mr Buswell said this year's budget savings were just the start of a longer process, with economic modelling suggesting that debt is forecast to rise for the next decade.
But he pointed to what he described as the "complete evaporation" of WA's GST revenue share as part of the reason for the swirling debt problem.
Despite having 11 per cent of Australia's population, WA is set to receive just 0.9 per cent of the national GST carve-up by 2017. As a result, revenues will dwindle from $3 billion to around $500 million.
Mr Buswell said a GST share in line with population would represent an extra $21.1 billion across the next four budgets – well and truly enough to rein in the state's debt.

[Brett]

Far right huh?!

hahaha.
Mine.

  

Far right huh?!

[ams]

[skillionaire]

For anyone that lives in this country;

 

http://www.abc.net.a...tt-blog/4878642

[B4TT]

How's this hahahahaha

http://www.news.com....9-1226695074719

For anyone that lives in this country;
 
http://www.abc.net.a...tt-blog/4878642

Swoit, will watch this later.

[skillionaire]

Hi,

 

That article is a bit on the nose, but still funny.

 

Cheers,

Nik

[peteRS]

This is kind of amusing...

 

http://thehoopla.com...ers-sophie-lol/

[Morgan]

Gosford!

I could probably walk to that sign right meow.

[Hypnotic]

Ha

[B4TT]

So, it seems to be cool to not vote now
http://www.news.com....p-1226695607576

[Shaz]

Mines forking 50/50. 

 

Of course it is. 

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[Hypnotic]

Mines forking 50/50. 

 

Of course it is. 

Yep, that was mine too.

[B4TT]

I am still more right than you all at the moment.... which must mean I am the most correct