Senator Eric Abetz

“In December last year I asked if Julia Gillard was incapable of reaching the same conclusion as striking postal workers who eventually called off their strike because it was deemed inappropriate opportunistic behaviour at Christmas time”.

“There was stony silence from the Deputy Prime Minister at the time and now it has been revealed that the strike action by the CEPU, which Julia Gillard refused to condemn, has cost the Australian Taxpayer 2.3 million dollars in lost revenue”.

Labor’s all spin and no substance budget has delivered a slap in the face to more than 75000 unemployed Australians.

Wayne Swan’s breathless announcement in last night’s no frills budget stating that unemployment rates will fall under Labor by 2012 to ‘so called’ full employment of 4.75% falls way short of the mark.

Labor’s big taxing, big spending budget has been given the ‘big tick’ by unions and it is no surprise why.

Buried in Labor’s budget papers is a $10 million dollar “grant” to a so-called “Trade Union Education Foundation” to fund union bosses and their efforts to campaign for Labor at the forthcoming election.

Labor’s big taxing; big spending budget provides an embarrassing confirmation that Julia Gillard’s so called “Modern Award” laws are a mess of confusion and uncertainty.

Budget documents have revealed that over $85 million dollars will need to be spent to try and cover up the modern award mess caused by Labor’s ‘Fair Work’ laws.