how is everyone? what's been happening in your world?
My world has been pretty busy (hence the lack of blog posts) buuut it is Friday night and that means I can sleep in tomorrow so despite my freezing hands I thought I would sit down and ramble on for a while :)
so I'm sure there's better things to write about than these but I'm too cold to think of them right now soooo, here are some "Friday Facts" I got in an email from Liberal HQ :D
- Labor is borrowing $135 million every day.
- Net government debt will climb to a record $107 billion in 2011/12. That’s more than $4700 for every Australian
- By 2014/15 Labor will be spending $7.5 billion a year or around $20 million a day on interest payments.
- The 2010/11 budget deficit has soared to $49.4 billion – the second largest since WWII and $8.6 billion worse than forecast in last year’s Budget.
- Labor’s Budget hits Australian families and businesses with $6 billion in new and higher taxes.
- The Budget strips $2 billion from families by freezing for three years the indexation of key family payments and income thresholds. All families receiving Family Tax Benefits will have some benefits stripped from them.
- At the same time, the cost of offshore asylum seeker management has blown out by a further $1.75 billion, while Labor is cutting $2.7 billion from Australia’s defence budget.
- Instead of ending the uncertainty surrounding Labor’s Carbon Tax, the Budget fails to give details on how it will impact living costs and jobs. But it does provide $13.7 million for a taxpayer-funded advertising campaign to sell Labor’s new tax.
The Queen's riddle
Julia Gillard met with the Queen in England . She asked her, "Your
Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any
Tips you can give to me?"
"Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."
Julia frowned, and then asked, "But how do I know the people around me
Are really intelligent?"
The Queen took a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to
Answer an intelligent riddle."
The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Please send David Cameron
In here, would you?"
David Cameron walked into the room and said, "Yes, Your Majesty?"
The Queen smiled and said, "Answer me this please, David, your mother
And father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your
Sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, David Cameron answered, "That would be me."
"Yes! Very good," said the Queen.
Julia went back home to Australia and asked Wayne Swan, her Deputy
Prime Minister the same question.
" Wayne , answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child.
It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
"I'm not sure," said Wayne . "Let me get back to you on that one." He
Went to his advisors and asked every one, but none could give him an
Answer.
Finally, he ended up in the men's room and recognized Tony Abbott's
Shoes in the next stall.
Wayne asked, "Tony, can you answer this for me? Your mother and Father
Have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Tony yelled back, "That's easy, it's me!"
Wayne smiled, and said, "Thanks!" Then, he went back to speak with Julia.
"Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's
Tony Abbott"
Julia got up, stomped over to Swan, and angrily yelled into his face,
"No, You idiot! It's the English Prime Minister, David Cameron!"
AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRECISELY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN CANBERRA ...
Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any
Tips you can give to me?"
"Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."
Julia frowned, and then asked, "But how do I know the people around me
Are really intelligent?"
The Queen took a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to
Answer an intelligent riddle."
The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Please send David Cameron
In here, would you?"
David Cameron walked into the room and said, "Yes, Your Majesty?"
The Queen smiled and said, "Answer me this please, David, your mother
And father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your
Sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, David Cameron answered, "That would be me."
"Yes! Very good," said the Queen.
Julia went back home to Australia and asked Wayne Swan, her Deputy
Prime Minister the same question.
" Wayne , answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child.
It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
"I'm not sure," said Wayne . "Let me get back to you on that one." He
Went to his advisors and asked every one, but none could give him an
Answer.
Finally, he ended up in the men's room and recognized Tony Abbott's
Shoes in the next stall.
Wayne asked, "Tony, can you answer this for me? Your mother and Father
Have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Tony yelled back, "That's easy, it's me!"
Wayne smiled, and said, "Thanks!" Then, he went back to speak with Julia.
"Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's
Tony Abbott"
Julia got up, stomped over to Swan, and angrily yelled into his face,
"No, You idiot! It's the English Prime Minister, David Cameron!"
AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRECISELY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN CANBERRA ...
Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend! I'm planning on doing school work for most of mine :P
Love Rachael :)
