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Updated Thursday, 19 March, 2009
Quiet downturn hits Gold Coast construction*
Construction workers on the Gold Coast say they're worried that the industry has entered a downturn. Six months ago, building firms were struggling to find enough skilled tradespeople to fill jobs, but they're now getting crowds of applicants for a declining number of positions.
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Tourism slumps on the Gold Coast*
Lawrence Springborg says he's aware his Liberal National Party must win strong support across all electorates in Queensland, if he's to win this weekend's state election. The LNP leader says his party will support tourism, but won't back calls for the State Government to help build an AFL football stadium at the Gold Coast.
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Springborg commits to inspire all Queenslanders*
Lawrence Springborg says he's aware his Liberal National Party must win strong support across all electorates in Queensland, if he's to win this weekend's state election. The LNP leader says his party will support tourism, but won't back calls for the State Government to help build an AFL football stadium at the Gold Coast.
TRANSCRIPTSenate rejects alcopops tax*
The Government says the Senate's refusal to endorse a tax hike on so-called alcopops will make the drinks cheaper and blow a $1.6-billion hole in the Budget. Meanwhile, a row is brewing over the fate of the $300-million already collected over the past 11 months.
TRANSCRIPTThird quake rocks Melbourne
Victoria has been rocked by a third earthquake this year. It was centred in Gippsland, and measured 4.6 on the Richter scale. Experts are forecasting more to come.
TRANSCRIPTDoubts about prostate cancer tests*
The findings of two major trials published today raise questions about whether men should have regular blood tests to screen for prostate cancer. They suggest the tests may do more harm than good.
TRANSCRIPTUS schools wait for stimulus money
School communities in South Carolina say they desperately need a share of Barack Obama's $US1-trillion economic stimulus package to fix rundown buildings and replace worn-out facilities. It's what the President says he wants, but the state's Governor is refusing to commit to repairs.
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Federal Reserve to print more money
The Federal Reserve is about to pump a trillion dollars into the financial system in an effort to bring down mortgage rates and private credit rates in the US. Wall Street rallied on the news, suggesting a slight thaw in credit markets.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
ABC AM today 19/3/09
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The alcopops shemozzle is yet another gutzer for our dear leader and is a typical result of his total disregard for the consequences of his whims. He would make fewer errors if he showed some respect for parliamentary procedures and allowed meaningful debate on his proposals before he puts the legislation to the vote.
I hold little hope for the alcopops disaster causing him to change his ways, but it would be nice if he now showed some restraint in his other mad rush to oblivion, the insane ETS legislation.
Saw an interview of a distillers person by an ABC person on the midday news. The distillers would love to have the $300-million premature tax returned, but, you see, they can't accept it because it doesn't belong to them. It belongs to the people who bought the overtaxed alcopops, and there's now no way of finding out who they are.
The distillers person also adjusted the ABC person's wildly exaggerated estimate of how much cheaper alcopops would be with the extra tax gone. It's only a matter of about a dollar in a twenty-four dollar purchase.
I'm sure the teeny-bingers would have been able to find a discount somewhere to make up for that.
I can't tell you how much joy it gives me to see the depths of the holes the leftards have been digging under their feet.
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