I note the eternally hopeless, big spending, high taxing, bureaucracy-building and interfering Northern Territory Labor Government has this day announced their "climate-change" policy.
This pathetic excuse for a government (the Martin/Henderson Labor government) has done NOTHING of worth to Territorians since they were first elected in 2001. Sorry, Henderson, to his credit did work hard to secure the Inpex "deal" - which hopefully will eventually come to fruition. But that is his sole achievement!
But leaving NT Labor's only success to one side, one must wonder what these southern-controlled freaks have in mind for a future Northern Territory?
Do they seek to continue to control, interfere and regulate every aspect of Territorians lives, as the have done thus far?
Today's stupid and totally meaningless announcement of a "climate-change" policy is indicative of how this mob of ex-feeders-at-the-taxpayer-funded-trough see the world. They believe in, and act on the advice of bureaucrats and other time-serving, usually taxpayer-funded, nincompoops . Hence, this totally unnecessary policy which has NO benefit whatsoever for Territorians, and will make no difference to the world's climate, even if the theory of man-made-climate-change was proven. Which of course it is not.
Of course, since the Martin/Henderson government came to power they have plenty of form in deciding what is "best" for Territorians:
Totally over-the-top pool fencing laws. A knee-jerk reaction to the laziness and lack of supervision of one person.
Removal of open speed-limits. Again thanks to Labor's southern "advisors" from other Labor nanny states.
Blanket no-smoking legislation in private business houses. Again, as advised by southern Labor do-gooders. Smoking is a legal activity; only the business owner and the patron should determine whether non-smoking, partial-smoking or all-smoking is the way to go. In other words - the marketplace. Something the ex-public servants of Labor will never understand.
Territorians are a pretty easy-going lot. I wonder whether they may wake up one day (if they have not already) and find the Territory they used to love and cherish has been stolen from them - right before their eyes, by the fools and dreamers of Labor, aided and abetted by their southern political masters and "advisors".
With Rudd already well advanced in destroying Australia's once robust economy, we certainly do not need these local wreckers to cause even more unnecessary hardship here. And certainly not in the name of the theory of man-made-climate-change.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ETS Bill Failure - good news for Australia
Most Australians do not fully appreciate how perilously close our country came to having a totally unnecessary, economy-destroying “Emissions Trading Scheme” - or indeed how fortunate we were to avoid it.
Had this frighteningly dangerous bill been passed by the Senate, Australia would have been changed forever - from a prosperous, mostly free-enterprise nation into an over-regulated uncompetitive third world country.
Australia’s competiveness, prosperity and ability to create future wealth would have been drastically reduced by the effects of an ETS. Business and household costs would have gone through the roof. We would be much poorer than we are now.
Additionally a massive ETS bureaucracy would be set up - collecting vast sums of money and re-distributing it by way of an enormous slush fund to finance cozy deals for union-affiliated “green businesses”. In other words only lazy, unproductive socialists would benefit. That is until the money ran out. Then, of course, everyone would lose. Australia would become a banana republic with a “leader” in the style of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s extreme left-wing President.
The election of straight-talking, clear-thinking Tony Abbott as Leader of the Opposition has saved Australia from ruin – at least for the moment.
However, and fortunately, the voters now have a clear choice between the big (wasteful) spending, high taxing, over-regulated and increasingly leftist government of Kevin Rudd complete with an ETS; or the measured spending, low taxation, minimum regulation and a clear direction under a future Abbott Government, with no ETS.
And finally, whether one believes in the theory of man-caused-climate-change or not, and as Tony Abbott wisely says: “it would be "folly" for Australia to establish an emissions trading scheme before the United States had settled on its model.”
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
5th December, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Dear Editor,
We are told that Chris hates Delia, and Delia hates Matthew. Delia most likely hates Chris, too. And Matthew probably hates Delia as well, and possibly dislikes, or maybe even hates Paul.
Delia does not like any of the “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” applicants, so she chooses her own. And the successful person is not her mother, as some suspected.
It seems to me that there has always been plenty of healthy “discrimination” taking place within the NT Labor Party. But now some of the elected Labor members are airing their individual “discriminations” in public.
Should not the new “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” immediately intervene to stop all this “discrimination”?
Or should we really just allow people to “discriminate” about other people, cars, and houses, dogs….. Or whatever, as they always have and always will?
Therefore, surely we should forget about hiring another “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” and save the ever-suffering taxpayer plenty of money?
After all, I doubt that even 1% of fair-dinkum, productive NT people have ever availed themselves of this totally unnecessary and costly (to taxpayers) “service”.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
17th November, 2009
We are told that Chris hates Delia, and Delia hates Matthew. Delia most likely hates Chris, too. And Matthew probably hates Delia as well, and possibly dislikes, or maybe even hates Paul.
Delia does not like any of the “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” applicants, so she chooses her own. And the successful person is not her mother, as some suspected.
It seems to me that there has always been plenty of healthy “discrimination” taking place within the NT Labor Party. But now some of the elected Labor members are airing their individual “discriminations” in public.
Should not the new “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” immediately intervene to stop all this “discrimination”?
Or should we really just allow people to “discriminate” about other people, cars, and houses, dogs….. Or whatever, as they always have and always will?
Therefore, surely we should forget about hiring another “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” and save the ever-suffering taxpayer plenty of money?
After all, I doubt that even 1% of fair-dinkum, productive NT people have ever availed themselves of this totally unnecessary and costly (to taxpayers) “service”.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
17th November, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Resource Tax
Dear Editor,
Re: Resource tax.
The NT News editorial of 5th November, 2009 seems to side with career bureaucrat, and now Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, over the need for a resource tax.
I seriously question the need for additional taxes of any kind, and certainly not a resource tax on the mining sector, which of course provides so much of Australia’s income.
Even if this resource tax went ahead, what would be the benefits? And more importantly, how would this new taxation revenue be spent?
In my view, state and territory governments would undoubtedly waste the money by building bigger bureaucracies and installing more incompetent, time-serving public-service “managers”. The resource tax funds would be squandered.
For example, the GST, introduced by the Howard Government in July 2000 as a means of providing a revenue stream to the states, and hopefully wiping out some obnoxious state taxes like stamp duty and payroll tax, soon became a milch cow to pay for the ever-expanding numbers of taxpayer-funded employees in every state and territory.
Here in the Northern Territory, the Martin and Henderson governments have increased the number of taxpayer-funded employees by well over 4,000 since Labor was elected in 2001. The annual cost of this scandalous mismanagement would likely be in the order of $500 Million or up to $5 Billion during the entire period of the Martin/Henderson Labor Government.
Providing governments with endless revenue streams is akin to buying an alcoholic another drink, or providing a drug addict with more drugs. The “disease” is only exacerbated.
However, the editorial correctly points out: “A resource tax would undoubtedly scare off some miners”.
But can Australia really afford to scare off anyone, let alone the miners who already contribute in so many ways to this country’s high standard of living.
Less taxation, smaller-well-managed government is the way forward for a prosperous Australia, where everyone can benefit from our wealth, not just those, like Ken Henry, who feed at the taxpayer-funded-trough.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
6th November, 2009
Re: Resource tax.
The NT News editorial of 5th November, 2009 seems to side with career bureaucrat, and now Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, over the need for a resource tax.
I seriously question the need for additional taxes of any kind, and certainly not a resource tax on the mining sector, which of course provides so much of Australia’s income.
Even if this resource tax went ahead, what would be the benefits? And more importantly, how would this new taxation revenue be spent?
In my view, state and territory governments would undoubtedly waste the money by building bigger bureaucracies and installing more incompetent, time-serving public-service “managers”. The resource tax funds would be squandered.
For example, the GST, introduced by the Howard Government in July 2000 as a means of providing a revenue stream to the states, and hopefully wiping out some obnoxious state taxes like stamp duty and payroll tax, soon became a milch cow to pay for the ever-expanding numbers of taxpayer-funded employees in every state and territory.
Here in the Northern Territory, the Martin and Henderson governments have increased the number of taxpayer-funded employees by well over 4,000 since Labor was elected in 2001. The annual cost of this scandalous mismanagement would likely be in the order of $500 Million or up to $5 Billion during the entire period of the Martin/Henderson Labor Government.
Providing governments with endless revenue streams is akin to buying an alcoholic another drink, or providing a drug addict with more drugs. The “disease” is only exacerbated.
However, the editorial correctly points out: “A resource tax would undoubtedly scare off some miners”.
But can Australia really afford to scare off anyone, let alone the miners who already contribute in so many ways to this country’s high standard of living.
Less taxation, smaller-well-managed government is the way forward for a prosperous Australia, where everyone can benefit from our wealth, not just those, like Ken Henry, who feed at the taxpayer-funded-trough.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
6th November, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Government - run businesses
Dear Editor,
The editorial (19th August, 2009) correctly rejects Gerry Wood’s crazy idea of taxpayer’s funding an abattoir. It goes on to say: “No business operated by any government anywhere at any time has worked well.” Of course this is true.
One therefore must ask the obvious question; why has the NT News never supported the privatization of the NT Government’s poorly performing businesses?
The obvious “business” to sell off would be PowerWater, which continues to provide very ordinary service whilst at the same time gobbling up millions of taxpayer’s dollars.
But obviously TIO, the Government Printing Office and the Darwin Bus Service, just to name a few, should all be sold off. There is no reason whatsoever to throw taxpayer’s money at these businesses.
And finally, if we really need a new jail, then call worldwide tenders from proven jail operators to design, construct and operate a new correctional facility somewhere in the greater Darwin area. There really is no valid reason for the taxpayer to run jails if they can be run more cheaply and efficiently by private enterprise.
With Gerry Wood’s massively expensive and mostly unnecessary “shopping list” together with the perilous state of the Henderson Government’s finances, surely now is the time to bite the privatization bullet?
Dave Wane
19th August, 2009
The editorial (19th August, 2009) correctly rejects Gerry Wood’s crazy idea of taxpayer’s funding an abattoir. It goes on to say: “No business operated by any government anywhere at any time has worked well.” Of course this is true.
One therefore must ask the obvious question; why has the NT News never supported the privatization of the NT Government’s poorly performing businesses?
The obvious “business” to sell off would be PowerWater, which continues to provide very ordinary service whilst at the same time gobbling up millions of taxpayer’s dollars.
But obviously TIO, the Government Printing Office and the Darwin Bus Service, just to name a few, should all be sold off. There is no reason whatsoever to throw taxpayer’s money at these businesses.
And finally, if we really need a new jail, then call worldwide tenders from proven jail operators to design, construct and operate a new correctional facility somewhere in the greater Darwin area. There really is no valid reason for the taxpayer to run jails if they can be run more cheaply and efficiently by private enterprise.
With Gerry Wood’s massively expensive and mostly unnecessary “shopping list” together with the perilous state of the Henderson Government’s finances, surely now is the time to bite the privatization bullet?
Dave Wane
19th August, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The recent turmoil in the ranks of the Henderson government says more about the majority of the people who make up this horribly inefficient, extremely wasteful, but very “spun” administration, than any individual Labor member.
Most observers of NT politics would be well aware that almost all Labor members of parliament previously fed at the taxpayer-funded trough prior to embarking on a political career. In my view this total absence of any real marketplace experience is at the heart is the heart of the failure of this NT Labor government.
Whilst Alison Anderson is of course very much a loose cannon, and has seriously damaged what remains of the Henderson government’s credibility, she does make at least one very valid criticism of the waste and mismanagement of funds allocated to Aboriginal housing.
Whatever the real ratio of administration costs to actual housing costs actually is under the Henderson government’s administration of the “Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program” (SIHIP), there is no doubt that there has been plenty of squandering of taxpayer’s funds on unnecessary bureaucratic process and more than likely the usual government bungling.
Anyone who has ever worked in Aboriginal “communities” would be well aware that housing designed by public servants and “consultants” are rarely if ever appropriate for the needs of aborigines. Large expensive suburban-style-bungalows are the last thing aborigines require.
Territorians who have been to Beswick would be aware of the older (still-standing) housing – constructed of concrete blocks. These houses consist of a front verandah, an outside covered laundry, internal ablution facilities, a kitchen and bedrooms. There are no glass windows, instead concrete breeze-blocks. However, the design of housing is relatively easy to construct, has very low maintenance and lasts for many years. If Alison Anderson is fair-dinkum about providing effective and appropriate housing for aborigines, then I suggest she inspect these dwellings. In my opinion these hoses could be built for around $500,000 – half the cost of a suburban bungalow style that is currently being built.
Forget the bureaucrats and consultants. The federal and territory governments should immediately call for expressions of interest (and quotations) from experienced remote area NT builders to design and construct houses built from concrete panels or reinforced concrete blockwork. Provided that a few basic criteria are met, the cheapest proposal for each community should be accepted and construction started immediately, before the wet. Simple really!
In the history of the Northern Territory parliament since self-government, the Labor Party has not been served well by members with aboriginal blood. Of course, again like most of the fully-white Labor members of the assembly, to my knowledge, there has never been a part-aboriginal member of the NT parliamentary Labor Party who has not previously been on the taxpayer-funded payroll. As a result, a money-grows-on-trees attitude is rife throughout the Labor government of Paul Henderson - hence the massive debt burden and astronomical wages bill for the extra 4,000 public servants that this government has forced Territorians to wear.
Whatever of the outcome of the current parliamentary crisis, hopefully a strong, efficient government will emerge that gets on with things with the minimum of fuss and least cost to the taxpayer.
Territorians do not want another all “spin and bloat” government like that of Henderson to sneak back into power – with renegade aboriginal members still intact. Territorians deserve better. Territorians deserve a stable committed government.
As the Rudd Labor government continues to wreak havoc upon the Australian economy with jobs-destroying schemes like CPRS “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” and other unnecessary interventionist, anti - free-market measures, Territorians more than ever require a well-managed team of dedicated members to form the next government and provide sound economic leadership.
Dave Wane
Woodleigh Gardens
14th August, 2009
Most observers of NT politics would be well aware that almost all Labor members of parliament previously fed at the taxpayer-funded trough prior to embarking on a political career. In my view this total absence of any real marketplace experience is at the heart is the heart of the failure of this NT Labor government.
Whilst Alison Anderson is of course very much a loose cannon, and has seriously damaged what remains of the Henderson government’s credibility, she does make at least one very valid criticism of the waste and mismanagement of funds allocated to Aboriginal housing.
Whatever the real ratio of administration costs to actual housing costs actually is under the Henderson government’s administration of the “Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program” (SIHIP), there is no doubt that there has been plenty of squandering of taxpayer’s funds on unnecessary bureaucratic process and more than likely the usual government bungling.
Anyone who has ever worked in Aboriginal “communities” would be well aware that housing designed by public servants and “consultants” are rarely if ever appropriate for the needs of aborigines. Large expensive suburban-style-bungalows are the last thing aborigines require.
Territorians who have been to Beswick would be aware of the older (still-standing) housing – constructed of concrete blocks. These houses consist of a front verandah, an outside covered laundry, internal ablution facilities, a kitchen and bedrooms. There are no glass windows, instead concrete breeze-blocks. However, the design of housing is relatively easy to construct, has very low maintenance and lasts for many years. If Alison Anderson is fair-dinkum about providing effective and appropriate housing for aborigines, then I suggest she inspect these dwellings. In my opinion these hoses could be built for around $500,000 – half the cost of a suburban bungalow style that is currently being built.
Forget the bureaucrats and consultants. The federal and territory governments should immediately call for expressions of interest (and quotations) from experienced remote area NT builders to design and construct houses built from concrete panels or reinforced concrete blockwork. Provided that a few basic criteria are met, the cheapest proposal for each community should be accepted and construction started immediately, before the wet. Simple really!
In the history of the Northern Territory parliament since self-government, the Labor Party has not been served well by members with aboriginal blood. Of course, again like most of the fully-white Labor members of the assembly, to my knowledge, there has never been a part-aboriginal member of the NT parliamentary Labor Party who has not previously been on the taxpayer-funded payroll. As a result, a money-grows-on-trees attitude is rife throughout the Labor government of Paul Henderson - hence the massive debt burden and astronomical wages bill for the extra 4,000 public servants that this government has forced Territorians to wear.
Whatever of the outcome of the current parliamentary crisis, hopefully a strong, efficient government will emerge that gets on with things with the minimum of fuss and least cost to the taxpayer.
Territorians do not want another all “spin and bloat” government like that of Henderson to sneak back into power – with renegade aboriginal members still intact. Territorians deserve better. Territorians deserve a stable committed government.
As the Rudd Labor government continues to wreak havoc upon the Australian economy with jobs-destroying schemes like CPRS “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” and other unnecessary interventionist, anti - free-market measures, Territorians more than ever require a well-managed team of dedicated members to form the next government and provide sound economic leadership.
Dave Wane
Woodleigh Gardens
14th August, 2009
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