With four children and mortgage I look forward to a month when we earn more than we spend.
While I will be grateful for the bribe on offer I do feel uncomfortable.
The winners will be Harvey Norman, WOW and retailers selling big screens and electronic stuff people don't really need. The waste that will occur in some communities entrenches attitudes of dodgy spending practices for short term gratification.
I wanted Councils to be given an opportunity to immediately employ parks and gardens staff to plant trees and complete sustainable projects while providing employment for a battler.
Families caring for a relative with disabilities deserve every assistance possible and advantage.
Special school needs extra teacher aides, every hospital could have had several extra support workers employed.
Aboriginal kids waiting more than a year for urgent dental treatment is more important than the latest flat screen and ipod.
Low interest government home loans would be a novel idea to help Australian families and singles and teach the banks a lesson in playing fair.
Hundreds of environmentally sustainable projects could have been given an immediate boost.
This stunt is a bribe that will increase reliance on power guzzling contraptions and provide work for hundreds more bureaucrats to administer.
Their payback is having a more accurate database of electors to contact at election time. Reminding voters they gave back some of the money they took via taxes and GST might be important to help struggling State Labor mates.
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