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Victoria dubbed a parasite state feeding off.....
Aug 29th, 2017 at 6:43pm
 
Victoria and its fake service based economy literally running on a credit card has to steal from the more productive states in order to maintain its fake lifestyle Sad

I call bullshit on economists here telling the rest of the world that they have to transition from manufacturing to a fake services economy. Hopefully they are not listening to these wally brains here.

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Bailed out: Victoria dubbed a parasite state as imports trump exports by $51 billion a year

VICTORIA has been dubbed a “parasite” state for relying on the rest of Australia to fund its extravagant lifestyle.

Last year, Victoria imported more than $50 billion of highly manufactured goods, including cars, TV sets and machinery, official trade figures show.


But despite promises in the early 2000s of the state having a big future in hi-tech industries — especially by state Labor leaders Steve Bracks and John Brumby — Victoria exported only $7.2 billion of such goods in 2015-16.

Overall, the state imported $51 billion extra in goods and services than it exported last year, while Western Australia posted a $62 billion trade surplus and Queensland had a $12 billion surplus.

Victoria’s top goods export was wool and animal hair, ­followed by cars, meat, dairy products and fruit and nuts.

In a devastating analysis of Victoria’s manufacturing sector, Dr Bob Birrell, head of The Australian Population Research Institute, said other states were bailing Victoria out.

“Victoria is a parasite state — we are relying on the rest of Australia to provide for our ­import-intensive lifestyle,” he said.

Dr Birrell said Melbourne’s growth was driving this dependence, with the Andrews Government enjoying a jobs boom.

“However, the boom is being driven by employment growth in the health, social assistance and education industries that are largely financed by the federal and state governments,” he said. “And a boom in the finance and property industries fuelled by a massive increase in mortgage investment debt. It’s a mirage.”

But a state government spokesman said Dr Birrell’s analysis focused solely on one part of the economy.

“Victoria’s economy is strong and we are the jobs engine room of the country with more than 247,000 new jobs created since 2014, including more than 40,000 in manufacturing last year alone,” he said.

“Like every state and territory, Victoria benefits from econ­omic activity across the country, but is not dependent on it.”


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Re: Victoria dubbed a parasite state feeding off.....
Reply #1 - Aug 29th, 2017 at 7:04pm
 
Victorians??
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Reply #2 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 6:18pm
 
All imposter state Labor "govts" are parasites feeding off the goodness of Australia.
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Reply #3 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 6:21pm
 
juliar wrote on Aug 31st, 2017 at 6:18pm:
All imposter state Labor "govts" are parasites feeding off the goodness of Australia.


By 2020 there is a good chance all will be Labor to go with  Federal Labor  Smiley
Or you could put another prediction in and I can update my signature  Smiley
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Reply #4 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 6:30pm
 
LW is quick with some more fake news.
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Reply #5 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 8:04pm
 
juliar wrote on Aug 31st, 2017 at 6:18pm:
All imposter state Labor "govts" are parasites feeding off the goodness of Australia.


Must be imposter because they are dual nationals....whoops that's the federal COALITION government.
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Reply #6 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 11:26pm
 
"Victoria dubbed a parasite state as imports trump exports by $51 billion a year"

Does the clown who wrote the article even know what they are talking about? Why are they completely ignoring Victoria's exports in services such as education?

And it's a bit rich to label Victoria a "parasite state" when the rest of the country has been sucking hard on Victoria's teat since Federation. If Victoria were to secede, the rest of the country would be bankrupt inside ten years.
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Reply #7 - Aug 31st, 2017 at 11:39pm
 
Bam wrote on Aug 31st, 2017 at 11:26pm:
"Victoria dubbed a parasite state as imports trump exports by $51 billion a year"

Does the clown who wrote the article even know what they are talking about? Why are they completely ignoring Victoria's exports in services such as education?

And it's a bit rich to label Victoria a "parasite state" when the rest of the country has been sucking hard on Victoria's teat since Federation. If Victoria were to secede, the rest of the country would be bankrupt inside ten years.


Nice pickup , as always
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Reply #8 - Sep 1st, 2017 at 12:00am
 
Bam wrote on Aug 31st, 2017 at 11:26pm:
"Victoria dubbed a parasite state as imports trump exports by $51 billion a year"

Does the clown who wrote the article even know what they are talking about? Why are they completely ignoring Victoria's exports in services such as education?

And it's a bit rich to label Victoria a "parasite state" when the rest of the country has been sucking hard on Victoria's teat since Federation. If Victoria were to secede, the rest of the country would be bankrupt inside ten years.



Please Explain???
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Reply #9 - Sep 1st, 2017 at 9:55am
 
Bam wrote on Aug 31st, 2017 at 11:26pm:
"Victoria dubbed a parasite state as imports trump exports by $51 billion a year"

Does the clown who wrote the article even know what they are talking about? Why are they completely ignoring Victoria's exports in services such as education?

And it's a bit rich to label Victoria a "parasite state" when the rest of the country has been sucking hard on Victoria's teat since Federation. If Victoria were to secede, the rest of the country would be bankrupt inside ten years.


I think only once did Vic was a net recipient of GST distribution rather than contributor.  In any case, only coalition supporters would be delusional over this.
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Re: Victoria dubbed a parasite state feeding off.....
Reply #10 - Sep 3rd, 2017 at 1:04pm
 
The Herald Sun article is just a typical Murdoch press attack on the Victorian Labor government which they have always hated.

The facts are that Victoria have been subsidizing the other states since federation. For every $1 it contributes in GST revenue it gets back just 90c.
With 25% of the national population it gets less than 20% of the infrastructure and roads funding.
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Reply #11 - Sep 18th, 2017 at 7:53pm
 
The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 3rd, 2017 at 1:04pm:
The Herald Sun article is just a typical Murdoch press attack on the Victorian Labor government which they have always hated.

The facts are that Victoria have been subsidizing the other states since federation. For every $1 it contributes in GST revenue it gets back just 90c.
With 25% of the national population it gets less than 20% of the infrastructure and roads funding.

Less than 10%.

GST revenue isn't the only tax collected, other Federal taxes are collected as well. Victoria has been receiving back an average of only 80 cents in the dollar of all Federal taxes raised in Victoria since Federation (or less than 16 shillings in the pound pre-decimalisation).
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