Ban the Super Trawler for good.

[Winnie]

Just done that, thanks Cuppa.

[taslucas]

Cheers guys. It's something pretty close to my heart as the vessel (or more importantly it's support boat) would have been based out of Devonport which is not far from where I live. I can't believe the short sighted supporters tried to justify its existence by the 20 jobs it would have created in Devonport! It's so short sighted to swap all that destruction for 20 jobs.

[Cuppa]

Good to see that some folk have received responses from their local candidates. That's more than I have, not a dicky bird from any of them!

[Clunk]

Still nothing from the Libs

[taslucas]

Still nothing from the Libs

If you want to hear from them all ya gotta do is come up with an idea and they'll be along to criticise it in no time!

[NP99]

Now with the election over, let's see where this heads?

[taslucas]

Now with the election over, let's see where this heads?

Good bump. Yeah I wonder what will happen. I have a bad feeling that we are about to head back into rape and plunder mode......

[NP99]

I have the same feeling.

[Cuppa]

Rant mode on.

I'm pretty certain of it. It's what this trade agreement with China in the next 12 months is all about. Get the agreement & worry about the details later. Details like make as much short term profit as possible by selling our resources for far less than they are worth, whilst encouraging us to rape & plunder as much as possible. We'll be told that it's good for employment, but it won't be good for long term secure employment, it wont be good for our children's employment, & to boot we'll leave our kids & future generations country & oceans that are damaged & depleted. We have the capabilities of doing enormous irreversible damage in a short space of time. Abbot is attempting to reignite the Chinese led resources boom. When will folks like him learn that by definition, booms are followed by 'busts', & busts hurt . Well they hurt some, but perhaps not the minority who profited from the boom. They talk of 'trickle down econmics' - I've never seen an evidence of it, instead the divide between the 'haves' & the 'have nots' simply widens further.

Grrrrr ...... end of rant.