Election 2010, who do you think will win and why??

[The Gronk]

OneEyedEagle - accurate name that. 

 

[CussCuss]

No one not evening mining companies were laying off workers and no projects were being shut down, in fact in my own sector I could see up to 17% to 32% increase coming out of the mining sector and across the board of industries and this is no thanks to any stimulus package developed by Rudd and Swan.

Wat?
Got any figures? Because I do.

edit: will have to rehost the graph.

http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/6291.0.55.003May%202010?OpenDocument

 

[Fro]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.

 

[The Gronk]

[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276917#msg276917 date=1279679425]

No one not evening mining companies were laying off workers and no projects were being shut down, in fact in my own sector I could see up to 17% to 32% increase coming out of the mining sector and across the board of industries and this is no thanks to any stimulus package developed by Rudd and Swan.

Wat?
Got any figures? Because I do.

edit: will have to rehost the graph.

http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/6291.0.55.003May%202010?OpenDocument
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All I know is at the time I hired a couple of staff directly because they had been made redundant from mining companies. 

 

[Guest]

[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276756#msg276756 date=1279600967]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.
[/quote]

Gillard in a nothing more than a pair of budgie smugglers might interest Brown. 

 

[Guest]

http://www.youngandgrumpy.com/2009/05/ben-packham-herald-sun-resident-grub.html

Yes he is probably a wanker but no-one can dispute the figures. 

 

[The Gronk]

[quote author=Fro link=topic=184174.msg276937#msg276937 date=1279683257]
[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276756#msg276756 date=1279600967]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.
[/quote]

Gillard in a nothing more than a pair of budgie smugglers might interest Brown.  
[/quote]

I think you will find Brown bats for the other team and is probably more interested in Tony

 

[Fro]

Thanks Gronk. I'm glad somebody understood (or knew already more likely) what i was getting at.

 

[Guest]

[quote author=tookey link=topic=184174.msg276977#msg276977 date=1279691651]
[quote author=Fro link=topic=184174.msg276937#msg276937 date=1279683257]
[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276756#msg276756 date=1279600967]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.
[/quote]

Gillard in a nothing more than a pair of budgie smugglers might interest Brown. 
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I think you will find Brown bats for the other team and is probably more interested in Tony
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Brown comes for tasmania and he could think that Julia was his sister.   ;D

 

[The Gronk]

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[quote author=tookey link=topic=184174.msg276977#msg276977 date=1279691651]
[quote author=Fro link=topic=184174.msg276937#msg276937 date=1279683257]
[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276756#msg276756 date=1279600967]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.
[/quote]

Gillard in a nothing more than a pair of budgie smugglers might interest Brown. 
[/quote]

I think you will find Brown bats for the other team and is probably more interested in Tony
[/quote]

Brown comes for tasmania and he could think that Julia was his sister.  ;D
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one of the best typos I have seen in a while tooks 😉

 

[OneEyedEagle]

Gronk, it’s better to be 1 eyed than a blind eye eagle or to view the world with blinkered or foggy goggle eyes, don't you think.

As Byso put it "vote for the party you think will run the country better".

Make the wrong choice don't start whinging 1, 2 or 3 years down the track.

I experienced trouble in hiring people in WA as majority were out working in the mines ultimately my sector that I work in will not offer people what the miners are currently offering in $$$.

Cuss, you can pull any figures and stats you want or at least till you turn blue to represent any agenda you want (not having go at you mate so relax), pollies do that all the time represent facts and figures how they want them to be seen.

I will clarify what I was referring to. In my sector of work not the mining I have seen growth of 17 to 32 % that is relation to orders from the mining sector. With the mining companies I deal with none had proposed layoffs and were actually hiring. That was actually seen in relation to orders that were being placed (sure they had a few quite months but it’s still is going gangbusters). As you can appreciate I won't go into details of who the involved companies are as that is a breach of confidentiality.

You also forget that the mining industry creates a lot of other jobs in other sectors such as construction, hospitality, manufacturing, IT and infrastructure. It’s a pity that NSW doesn't  have these natural resources in our own back yard.

If and when the Olympic Dam project in SA ramps up, watch the mining sector increase employment once again.

Employment in the Mining industry is influenced by multiple factors within both the domestic and international economy, including exchange rate movements, international demand and the world supply of mining products. Employment growth in the Mining industry may reflect construction of projects as well as operational jobs as many mining companies manage on-site construction.

There has been very strong short-term growth in Mining employment, in response to favourable economic conditions for most mining sectors. In the five years to February 2010, Mining employment rose by 64 900 (or 60.4 per cent) to 172 400. This represents an average annual growth rate of 9.9 per cent, the strongest of all 19 broad Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) industries.

Reference above is to the Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment and work place relations. Refer to the figure on page 4.

http://www.skillsinfo.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/7FA3ECD3-BB3F-4594-A421-DFD623F810A9/0/OutlookMining.pdf

 

[OneEyedEagle]

[quote author=The Gronk link=topic=184174.msg276979#msg276979 date=1279691836]
[quote author=tookey link=topic=184174.msg276977#msg276977 date=1279691651]
[quote author=Fro link=topic=184174.msg276937#msg276937 date=1279683257]
[quote author=OneEyedEagle link=topic=184174.msg276756#msg276756 date=1279600967]

Maybe the ranga has polished up her pole and is planning on entertaining Bob Brown by doing some lap dances for a few tipping dollars.

She wont get far with Bob Brown, Abbot in his speedos may be more interesting to Brown.
[/quote]

Gillard in a nothing more than a pair of budgie smugglers might interest Brown. 
[/quote]

I think you will find Brown bats for the other team and is probably more interested in Tony
[/quote]

Brown comes for tasmania and he could think that Julia was his sister.  ;D
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or Julia has lent her pole to Bob for a bit of personal gratification, bob spends his own tipping $$$ on himself.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

[quote author=OneEyedEagle  

This action alone has the potential to caused a GFC in Australia

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What does 'G' stand for? lol

 

[CussCuss]

Just pointing out false statements when I see them. 🙂

 

[OneEyedEagle]

Then you should be pointing out the fruad that is known as the ALP.  ;D

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

This is a VERY spirited debate...ie I think some of you might be "on spirits" when you are typing.

 

[bob dylan]

Then you should be pointing out the fruad that is known as the ALP.  ;D

Take your wallet out to back your much loved coalition they are currently $4.60 on Betfair, or 7 to 2 in the old money.

Big odds in a two horse race I suppose, but they dont have much hope of winning and thats why the ALP are $1.27.

But if you believe? have faith and try to win some money.

I got a nice return on Maxine McKew when she beat Howard in 2007.

 

[Dan]

I also built me a corner shelf yesterday too

 

[The Gronk]

The betting agencies wont seem to let me take a multi across a number of seats - I would clean up I reckon.

Maybe I will just go with the 'pick the margin' type stuff to get some decent odds. 

 

[Fro]

I also built me a corner shelf yesterday too

I made a fence.