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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,480 posts

    you talk about spending...every city has to spend to flourish..look at London with its docklands. hells bells the premier on NSW..jack lang I think went to London in the middle of the depression to borrow unheard of amounts to build the SHB...he was howled down.

    the opera house was poo-pooed by the same unwashed.

    you HAVE TO SPEND to create a vibrant city...the debt will be paid off, no problems.

    i'd say a few of you have mortgages and you know they will be paid off even if you decide to install a pool for an extra 20k.

    its all relevant. Barnett has spent well...our Labour friends just SPEND...sadly people have short memories....WAInc ring any bells? the catholic mafia.

    McGowan seems a decent bloke but the cancerous strain of Unions is waiting to run in his veins.

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  • LeglessLegless    5,108 posts
    edited March 2017
    =)) :-) =)) :)) :))

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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    This stadium has had a few hiccups along the way.
    All the brown tinted glass on the city side had to be replaced due to it not being the correct product. This I believe came from China. ( nothing new there as most glass comes from China. Too expensive in oz)
    A number of boutique detailing in certain areas of the stadium involving a number of trades have been changed for cheaper options involving one trade because costs are blowing out.
    When unions insist that workers MUST be transported by bus from the lunch/mess area to the job site (a walk of about 100m) because there is hint of rain in the air you understand where a lot of unbudgeted costs come from.
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  • goosegoose    1,638 posts
    Here we go a couple of clown union bashers blaming all the problems of the world on unions.
    Wake up unions are the only thing stopping Australia having a terrible system like the USA with huge amounts of people working for wages below the poverty line and they are failing at it I hope all your kids are geniuses or you leave them millions to live on?
    Meanwhile greedy multinational companies like BHP, RIO and BROOKFIELD cry poor and continue to make massive profits and send small operators/subbies broke. Beyond belief what people will believe they go on unchecked while morons at BBQ's stand around running down unions please.

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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    goose said:

    Here we go a couple of clown union bashers blaming all the problems of the world on unions.

    Wake up unions are the only thing stopping Australia having a terrible system like the USA with huge amounts of people working for wages below the poverty line and they are failing at it I hope all your kids are geniuses or you leave them millions to live on?
    Meanwhile greedy multinational companies like BHP, RIO and BROOKFIELD cry poor and continue to make massive profits and send small operators/subbies broke. Beyond belief what people will believe they go on unchecked while morons at BBQ's stand around running down unions please.

    When middle aged women get off the train at Murdoch train station and do the 400m walk to Fiona Stanley to do an honest days work, I don't see shuttle buses lined up at tax payers expense because of a few drops of rain.
    It is called an UMBRELLA mate.
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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    What a huge surprise this thread turned to shite =))

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  • spinkingspinking    4,000 posts
    C.Sutherland is laughing his head off

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    spinking said:

    C.Sutherland is laughing his head off

    he was from teh day he was employed!!!
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  • buffybuffy    277 posts
    Goose. Having been in the building industry for most of my long working life both offsite and onsite let me assure you there is not a lot of fun involved when dealing with the BLF/CFMEU. They make the rules and you do as you are told or go broke! Subject closed from me.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,480 posts

    ^^^my next door neighbour was founder of a large successful commercial building company. the stories he told eg cash to union heavyweights to ensure "smooth sailing" on certain projects.

    Matt Birneys article on page 18 of todays West should be re-published on the front page of every newspaper in the state until Saturday morning....

    :-B
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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    http://www.smh.com.au/national/bribery-dirty-deal

    EUREKA !!!
    :)>-
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  • goosegoose    1,638 posts
    Falcon you totally fail to understand that business "types" are doing dodgy self interest deals all the time when the unions have a go and get a win there is total outrage for some strange reason envy probably.
    Constantly hear stories of labour hire companies and others bribing certain people or doing shonky deals for favours on projects never gets airtime. When a couple of bad eggs in a union do it the world has ended always amazes me why some people get so offended that blue collar workers could possibly sometimes earn a good wage. Why would it upset you so much? jealousy?

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  • LeglessLegless    5,108 posts
    edited March 2017
    :-?  What percentage of Barneys projects have been built by 457 'workers' being paid a cup of rice a day, of which 90% gets sent home to feed the family?

    Maybe @thefalcon could ask his poor suffering business pals when they park the Bertram up - after all, it is them that employ them $-)

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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    Legless said:

    :-?  What percentage of Barneys projects have been built by 457 'workers' being paid a cup of rice a day, of which 90% gets sent home to feed the family?

    Maybe @thefalcon could ask his poor suffering business pals when they park the Bertram up - after all, it is them that employ them $-)


    Totally incorrect Leggo. Everyone knows our "rice loving workers" are here without any visa's whatsoever let alone 457's.
    The "457" workers love Guinness and will be having an R.D.O on the 17th March.
    I reckon that will be written into the terms of employment overseen by our union friends.
    But I stand corrected if anyone in the know can dispute it. :D

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  • buffybuffy    277 posts
    LEGLESS. YOU ARE HAVING A JOKE ARENT YOU? BUILT BY 457 WORKERS BEING PAID A CUP OF RICE WHICH GOES HOME. WHICH BUILDING SITES HAVE YOU WORKED ON WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED? rECORDS SHOW THAT LESS THAN 3% OF WORKERS IN WA ARE ON 457 VISAS SO THEY HAVNT FGN BUILT MUCH. SOME OF THOSE BLOKES PARKING THE BERTRAM ALSO PUT THERE HOUSE THERE MONEY AND O LOT OF TIME INTO RUNNING A BUSINESS AND EMPLOYING PEOPLE AND TAKING A BIG RISK!!

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    3% of workers are on 457 visas...and the unemployment rate is about 6%. Not much else to be said about that system is there.
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  • detonatordetonator    4,397 posts
    RIO said:

    3% of workers are on 457 visas...and the unemployment rate is about 6%. Not much else to be said about that system is there.


    How many of the 6% actually
    a) want a job
    b) prepared to do a job such as a cleaner in hotels (where the majority of workers are non Australians)
    c) Have the skills to do the jobs. (but that is another issue)
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  • LeglessLegless    5,108 posts
    buffy said:

    LEGLESS. YOU ARE HAVING A JOKE ARENT YOU? BUILT BY 457 WORKERS BEING PAID A CUP OF RICE WHICH GOES HOME. WHICH BUILDING SITES HAVE YOU WORKED ON WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED? rECORDS SHOW THAT LESS THAN 3% OF WORKERS IN WA ARE ON 457 VISAS SO THEY HAVNT FGN BUILT MUCH. SOME OF THOSE BLOKES PARKING THE BERTRAM ALSO PUT THERE HOUSE THERE MONEY AND O LOT OF TIME INTO RUNNING A BUSINESS AND EMPLOYING PEOPLE AND TAKING A BIG RISK!!

    I didnt mention building sites. When was the last time you visited a fab shop?
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    detonator said:

    RIO said:

    3% of workers are on 457 visas...and the unemployment rate is about 6%. Not much else to be said about that system is there.


    How many of the 6% actually
    a) want a job
    b) prepared to do a job such as a cleaner in hotels (where the majority of workers are non Australians)
    c) Have the skills to do the jobs. (but that is another issue)
    A.) in all modern societies there is a constant 4% that are transient unemployed. Either taking a break, between contracts, or unwilling to hold down a regular job. So i'd say 2-3% are willing to work
    B.) Its skill sets matched to skill sets. With less than 10% of  refugee's employed we have enough people coming in to the country every year to fill these voids...which leads to "C"
    C.) think we're both batting on the same side here. The training of adults and job preparedness of kids treading water in the educational system is a systemic failure of successive governments.

    In summary, ban 457 visas for a 24month period, and generate local employment growth, whilst introducing serious vocational training and realistic job training at all secondary schools. We have a generation of people who feel that they are going to leave school and be given a 100k a year job doing nothing.....thus the inability to fill starter level jobs for people to enter the workforce.

    Now WTF is this thread about????? hahaha

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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    RIO said:

    detonator said:

     We have a generation of people who feel that they are going to leave school and be given a 100k a year job doing nothing.....thus the inability to fill starter level jobs for people to enter the workforce.



    100% agree Rio. the entitlement makes me sick!!!

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  • lamelame    1,757 posts
    RIO said:

    detonator said:

    RIO said:

    3% of workers are on 457 visas...and the unemployment rate is about 6%. Not much else to be said about that system is there.


    How many of the 6% actually
    a) want a job
    b) prepared to do a job such as a cleaner in hotels (where the majority of workers are non Australians)
    c) Have the skills to do the jobs. (but that is another issue)
    A.) in all modern societies there is a constant 4% that are transient unemployed. Either taking a break, between contracts, or unwilling to hold down a regular job. So i'd say 2-3% are willing to work
    B.) Its skill sets matched to skill sets. With less than 10% of  refugee's employed we have enough people coming in to the country every year to fill these voids...which leads to "C"
    C.) think we're both batting on the same side here. The training of adults and job preparedness of kids treading water in the educational system is a systemic failure of successive governments.

    In summary, ban 457 visas for a 24month period, and generate local employment growth, whilst introducing serious vocational training and realistic job training at all secondary schools. We have a generation of people who feel that they are going to leave school and be given a 100k a year job doing nothing.....thus the inability to fill starter level jobs for people to enter the workforce.

    Now WTF is this thread about????? hahaha

    they get this 100k a year idea from the clowns that run this joint
    the assistant treasurer came out only a week or two ago and states the key to housing affordability is to just get a high paying job , thats coming from the mouth of a head bean counter running our finances
    WHAT HOPE HAVE WE GOT

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  • spinkingspinking    4,000 posts
    Just how many of you posters who have contributed to the last page and half of this post are running this weekend?
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  • buffybuffy    277 posts
    I AM RUNNING IN A HALF MARATHON IF THAT HELPS YOU. YEAH IT HAS GOT OFF TRACK HASNT IT.

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    I don't run...there are laws against it ;-)

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  • FastmoneyFastmoney    4,912 posts
    William Hill market should shut down the election conversation.

    Labour $1.20

    Liberal $4.35

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    FYI Its LABOR not Labour and im ON 'em :) .. Postal vote being sent tomorrow Lol

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,480 posts
    fair dinkum, fastmoney? i'll have $200 on Colin tomorrow.....I cannot believe it, I thought it would be $1.50/$2.50 take your pic.
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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Keep your money in your pocket falc its over I tells ya

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,480 posts

    I hear you, Mike but the great unwashed may wake on sat. morning and think "lets stay with the bloke who knows what he's doing not those unionists who would not have a clue".

    don't we EVER learn both federally and state...labor are incompetent fools they are fiscal cripples.

    they will stuff up and in 4 years time the libs will be back with a HUGE, almost insurmountable deficit.

    I rest my case.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,480 posts
    i should have started the penultimate line with "if they win"....
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