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Winter of Discontent

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31 Oct 2011 13:14 AEST

Martin

From: Tasmania

PUBLIC NOTICE

- DUE TO RECENT BUDGET CUTS AND BANK BAILOUTS, THE RISING COST OFF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OIL, PLUS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HAS BEEN TURNDED OFF -

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17 Mar 2011 09:20 AEST

Oscar

From: Perth

13 years of Labour overspending will take a generation or 2 to repay.

Tom from Melbourne you have got two bob each way. Put your Uni studies to use and tell us where the cuts should be made. Lawrie from Sydney - it would appear that broken promises are a product of minority coalition Governments. The Australian Labor party has broken promises at the behest of the Greens. There will have to some broken promises when coalition partners have made conflicting promises. One party has to yield. Perhaps they will negotiate a few brokem promises each. Get used to it.

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16 Mar 2011 09:41 AEST

Tom

From: Melbourne

Glad it's not my HECS debt

As a student I rely on scholarships from government and institutions, and am currently able to support myself and pay my university fees, gaining an education without a HECS debt - but if my fees tripled it would be a very different story (and would have to think twice before committing to study)! Public spending cuts are needed in the UK, there's no doubt, but I'm not convinced that the current government have come up with the best plan/solution.

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16 Mar 2011 09:40 AEST

Lawrie

From: Sydney

Liberal Democrats Abandon Their Voting Base

The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) are in a coalition government with the Conservatives. The Lib Dems are centre-left party. They had little choice but to join the conservatives, however, they have conceeded way to much to the conservatives regarding the budget cuts. The classic example is the uni fees where leader Nick Clegg broke a promise. Not only that, the fact the Lib Dems have stood by and allowed poor and vulnerable people to suffer shows they have no principles. They will pay for it.

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13 Mar 2011 20:08 AEST

John

From: W.A.

They Are Not Students But Far Leftie Anarchists!

There is an organization called "Students Without Borders" and you can see that these people are just anarchist. Most of these kids protesting are not students, as they have not the brain power to enter University. They are just plain Far Lefties, Trotskys, Leninists followers and that is exactly what they are followers. They belong to Far Leftie groups called Anti-Fasicsts but don't know what that really is. I noticed one of them called Doyle, Irish and Roman Catholic! and Stupid!

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11 Mar 2011 11:45 AEST

rob

From: sydney

Terrorists

Wow ... its like the 80's have returned to Britain. Will the Tories use the army to control the ''domestic terrorists'' like they did during the miners strike?

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10 Mar 2011 12:08 AEST

Mathew

From: Sydney

Down with Tory Scum

Same Tory Party, crush the poor and weak, I think this is going to be bigger then the 90's riots, which were around 1/4 of a million people, the web didn't exist then as it does today, so more people will be mobilised. Australia under Howard got a taste of what the Tory's are like, cut backs to university education, workchoices and the inhuman treatment of the unemployed, forcing many into tempory housing or on the streets. I hope they force a change of government.

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09 Mar 2011 09:54 AEST

Jon P

From: Perth

Poor Poms

The passive English will just take it like they always do. Those who couldn't stand it anymore left over the last 200 years to better places. The place is full of toffs who went to school with each other both labour and conservative and bankers ect all with the same accent. The rest are just battling working class or those who aspire to be toffs.

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