Politics is a dirty word

The JaguarRover classic car company has pulled off a coup with its electric E Type being used by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after their wedding at Windsor. The company plans to retro-fit existing E Types with electric drive trains. turning them into E Type Zeros. It is expected that the company will manufacture new versions of the E Type fitted with electric power plants. Enquiriues have already started flowing in.

The Boards and management teams of the ABC and SBS have been negligent in their duties by wasting taxpayers money in sending celebrity presenters to cover the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when both organisations already have reporting staff in the UK and Europe. Commercial tv channels only have to answer to their shareholders. But the ABC and SBS are misusing funds allocated by Government. It seems doubly strange that both organisations appear to support the concept of Australia becoming a republic but now are falling over themselves to present a royal spectacle.

Former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello was right when he said that most of us will be dead before Australia’s fiscal debt is paid off. At over half a trillion dollars the current Government must shoulder much of the responsibility because despite its rhetoric About good economic management and fiscal responsibility, debt has climbed steadily under its slack control. The latest budget does nothing to inspire confidence that politicians and treasury officials have the will or the ability to drive down debt. There are claims that the budget will return to surplus – but that seems to be a faint hope as the Treasurer is still addicted to spending.