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Re: SA Election
Reply #15 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:03pm

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 10:09am:

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 7:32am:

Auggie wrote on Feb 21^st, 2018 at 2:09pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 21^st, 2018 at 12:01pm:

Auggie wrote on Feb 20^th, 2018 at 1:42pm:

The SA Labor Government recently privatized the Lands Title Office and accumulated $.16 billion for the treasury.

"Making the announcement in Parliament on Thursday, Mr Koutsantonis said Land Services SA — a consortium of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board — would maintain over-the-counter services at the Adelaide Lands Titles Office and customers would “not notice any difference to the service”.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/state-government-privatises-l...

First of all, I think that this is completely unacceptable: selling a public asset which has a monopoly to a private company. Clearly prices will reflect the consortium's future profit targets (otherwise why would they have bought it).

I wonder what members think about this?

Federally the ALP have sold off more public assets then the LNP so politically it a non argument unless the Pommy Cyprian wants to buy it back.

Would you support the buyback of public assets?

My general answer would be a no, for a buy back to happen the private operator would need to be highly incompetent ..... I am case by case person on selling off public assets and its a dumb assumption that the left wing brain makes that everything is run better by the government.

they dont give a stuff about that.....its the control back into ,the hands of the union......thats where they have 3 men to each job...one fixing one holding the ladder one making sure no one walks under the ladder..... hes in charge of a safe workplace you see... Roll Eyes

do you think its time we saw some balance sheets at the end of their terms....how they have spent everyone dollar??.....we seem to get nothing at all from our govts that proves they are efficient and worthy of the job..

That is why I am a case by case person if something is essential but not profitable the government should step in and either run it or subsidise it through a private operator.

If something is essential and profitable then for sure let the free market deliver it like Telco services.

In reality either privately run or publicly run organisations both succeed and fail ..... ideology is not the answer but due diligence is !

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Re: SA Election
Reply #16 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:51pm

Aussie wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 3:59pm:

Smoke/fire, cods, so on that basis, this must be true.

Link.

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Opposition Leader Steven Marshall has admitted Chinese mining magnate Sally Zou has been to his house, but stressed he had not received any personal gifts from her.

This morning Mr Marshall faced further questioning over a potential $1.2 million donation from Ms Zou, which she tweeted about last week.

Now, more information about the $1,212,018 cheque has emerged — it appears to be the same date as Mr Marshall's birthday.

In a tweet, Labor Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis pointed out the exact amount of the donation spelled out Mr Marshall's birthday this year, January 21, 2018.

Earlier today, Mr Marshall told ABC Radio Adelaide the party had not received the cheque, but there had been previous donations.

"All of that has been disclosed, she's made past donations, last year and the year before in the lead-up to the federal election and other donations," he said.

"All of those donations have been reported as per the legislation.

"The Liberal Party has absolutely nothing to hide here."

Mr Marshall blamed the repeated questions regarding Ms Zou on a Labor "smear" campaign.

He said the Labor Party received $1.5 million from the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and the union did that to influence the Government's position on shop trading hours.

"Cue the smear, two weeks from the election you knew it was always going to happen," Mr Marshall said.

I do admit taking money from people with ???????

and that goes for UNIONS as well....

is not a good look...

but how do you stop it????.....

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: SA Election Reply #17 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>.. I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A.
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Re: SA Election
Reply #18 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:49pm

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm:

are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>..

I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A. Roll Eyes

No I am in NSW, I take interest in SA as its a state that is in need of a good government the ALP has really screwed up that state. From the polling and articles I have read the election could go 3 ways.

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Re: SA Election
Reply #19 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:55pm

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:49pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm:

are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>..

I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A. Roll Eyes

No I am in NSW, I take interest in SA as its a state that is in need of a good government the ALP has really screwed up that state. From the polling and articles I have read the election could go 3 ways.

you would well remember how the ALP stuffed up NSW I am sure....is there one you favor down there???.....who would you like to see win it.

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Reply #20 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 7:02pm

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:55pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:49pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm:

are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>..

I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A. Roll Eyes

No I am in NSW, I take interest in SA as its a state that is in need of a good government the ALP has really screwed up that state. From the polling and articles I have read the election could go 3 ways.

you would well remember how the ALP stuffed up NSW I am sure....is there one you favor down there???.....who would you like to see win it.

Yes we had 17 years hard labor with corruption and incompetence at every level, started with nifty nev and ended with Obied Inc running the joint !

Its a democracy so any party can step up and govern for the people but on form the ALP has been terrible in the past, the LNP are no clean skins either. In SA it looks more incompetence than corruption ..... prefer a small amount of corruption over incompetence, incompetence is harder to fix.

Maybe Nick the Pommy Cyprian is the man

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Re: SA Election
Reply #21 - Mar 5^th, 2018 at 9:45pm

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 7:02pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:55pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:49pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm:

are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>..

I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A. Roll Eyes

No I am in NSW, I take interest in SA as its a state that is in need of a good government the ALP has really screwed up that state. From the polling and articles I have read the election could go 3 ways.

you would well remember how the ALP stuffed up NSW I am sure....is there one you favor down there???.....who would you like to see win it.

Yes we had 17 years hard labor with corruption and incompetence at every level, started with nifty nev and ended with Obied Inc running the joint !

Its a democracy so any party can step up and govern for the people but on form the ALP has been terrible in the past, the LNP are no clean skins either. In SA it looks more incompetence than corruption ..... prefer a small amount of corruption over incompetence, incompetence is harder to fix.

Maybe Nick the Pommy Cyprian is the man

oh is nick X the pommie cypriot??..lol..

hes too untried but then look at Donald who would have thought.. Grin

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Re: SA Election
Reply #22 - Mar 6^th, 2018 at 6:22am

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 9:45pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 7:02pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:55pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 5:49pm:

cods wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 4:55pm:

are you a resident of SA rightsaidfred????>..

I always think is good to get info from those who live it.......we get more news on the footy than life in S.A. Roll Eyes

No I am in NSW, I take interest in SA as its a state that is in need of a good government the ALP has really screwed up that state. From the polling and articles I have read the election could go 3 ways.

you would well remember how the ALP stuffed up NSW I am sure....is there one you favor down there???.....who would you like to see win it.

Yes we had 17 years hard labor with corruption and incompetence at every level, started with nifty nev and ended with Obied Inc running the joint !

Its a democracy so any party can step up and govern for the people but on form the ALP has been terrible in the past, the LNP are no clean skins either. In SA it looks more incompetence than corruption ..... prefer a small amount of corruption over incompetence, incompetence is harder to fix.

Maybe Nick the Pommy Cyprian is the man

oh is nick X the pommie cypriot??..lol..

hes too untried but then look at Donald who would have thought.. Grin

They tried the ALP and there proven crap not sure how it could be worse a state that can not produce its own electricity ? that is a big joke !

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 131460 Gender:	Re: SA Election Reply #24 - Mar 16^th, 2018 at 4:07pm Is this guy still the Premier? I haven't been to SA for awhile.
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Mistress Nicole Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1278 Gender:	Re: SA Election Reply #25 - Mar 17^th, 2018 at 2:48pm I just voted for the Conservative party. Cori Bernadi is promising to build a beautiful wall between SA and Vic
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Re: SA Election
Reply #26 - Mar 17^th, 2018 at 5:44pm

RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 5^th, 2018 at 7:32am:

Auggie wrote on Feb 21^st, 2018 at 2:09pm:

RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 21^st, 2018 at 12:01pm:

Auggie wrote on Feb 20^th, 2018 at 1:42pm:

The SA Labor Government recently privatized the Lands Title Office and accumulated $.16 billion for the treasury.

"Making the announcement in Parliament on Thursday, Mr Koutsantonis said Land Services SA — a consortium of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board — would maintain over-the-counter services at the Adelaide Lands Titles Office and customers would “not notice any difference to the service”.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/state-government-privatises-l...

First of all, I think that this is completely unacceptable: selling a public asset which has a monopoly to a private company. Clearly prices will reflect the consortium's future profit targets (otherwise why would they have bought it).

I wonder what members think about this?

Federally the ALP have sold off more public assets then the LNP so politically it a non argument unless the Pommy Cyprian wants to buy it back.

Would you support the buyback of public assets?

My general answer would be a no, for a buy back to happen the private operator would need to be highly incompetent ..... I am case by case person on selling off public assets and its a dumb assumption that the left wing brain makes that everything is run better by the government.

It's a dumb argument by the right wing brain that privatising for private profit always produces better results for the public. The massive hikes in energy prices since privatisation is ample proof to the contrary.

We need a Royal Commission into privatisation because some of it was done corruptly!

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Bam Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21905 Gender:	Re: SA Election Reply #27 - Mar 17^th, 2018 at 5:46pm I wouldn't be surprised if there was a change of government. There's a good chance we won't see a result tonight, especially if SA Best ends up winning enough seats. I think SA may end up with a Liberal minority government with SA Best giving confidence and supply.
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Re: SA Election
Reply #28 - Mar 17^th, 2018 at 5:53pm

Bam wrote on Mar 17^th, 2018 at 5:44pm:

It's a dumb argument by the right wing brain that privatising for private profit always produces better results for the public. The massive hikes in energy prices since privatisation is ample proof to the contrary.

Maybe that is why the WA State Government has recently sold electricity assets. And that after promising not to. Wink

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Bam Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21905 Gender:	Re: SA Election Reply #29 - Mar 17^th, 2018 at 7:43pm Nothing much happening in the count so far. No massive swing against - or to - the Government. SA Best taking votes off everyone. Net result so far seems to be Libs losing 2 seats, Labor losing 1, independents gaining 2 and SA Best gaining 1. SA could be headed towards a hung parliament.
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