G’day John,
Phew!
Week 2 into the election campaign and I am pleased that the Liberals have walked away from their promise to scrap working from home rules for public servants. They have also scaled down their call to axe 41 thousand public service jobs. But these jobs shouldn’t be scaled down at all. Many of these public servants live in Tasmania – and a sizeable chunk of those work at the Department of Veteran Affairs.
The Liberals spent 20 billion dollars on consultants when they were in government – this had a disastrous impact on claims for veterans. If you don’t have someone who understands complex medical conditions then claims get held up – in many cases for years.
Meanwhile Labor is continuing to ignore the calls from small businesses to cut them some slack! These mum and dad businesses are struggling to keep their heads above water. The Council for Small Business (COSBOA) has called for a tax cut from 25% to 20%. I reckon these small businesses need a flat rate of 15%, with a two year sunset clause.
I will keep pushing the Labor Party to act for small business and give them a chance to make it out of this cost of living crisis intact.
If you see me around putting up my signs come and say g'day – you’re the people that keep me going.
