media will give you their view of Abbott government one year on here is mine full of facts all can be proven google it ask friends talk to people no-one has been missed by Abbotts cuts Abbott has ignored the needs of mining communities and backed big mining companies without exception. He has no plan for jobs. He hasn’t simply let manufacturing die, he has pushed it over the edge, hurting communities and the economy Abbott said 16,500 public service jobs to be cut; a 19% cut to the CSIRO; a $120 million cut to the ABC; 165,000 public sector workers facing an extreme attack in bargaining; up to 60% of workers’ rights to be stripped from agreements for pay offers of zero to 1.1%; and 75 Commission of Audit ideas for outsourcing and cuts at large. There are just too many nasties to count. The Abbott Government has chosen to spend its first year entrenching inequality in schools by abandoning needs-based Gonski funding agreements with the states. “Schools will miss out on two-thirds of the extra funding that would have been provided under Gonski and all schools will get a cut in real terms from 2018. “That means fewer teachers, less support for students and bigger gaps between rich and poor schools. “The Abbott Government also broke its election promise to introduce extra funding for students with disabilities in 2015, and will effectively cut $100 million from disability education next year. “Australians do get a bit of special attention though. They have to pay for their university education alone and then look forward to less superannuation, and pension entitlements and more expensive health care at the stump end of their lives. What a gang!!” For the past 30 years, Medicare has been the cornerstone of Australia’s system of universal healthcare. “But after only 12 months, the Abbott Government is hell-bent on destroying it. “Proposed co-payments for GP visits and other basic health services will make it unaffordable for people to see their doctor, forcing them into already-overcrowded hospital emergency departments, or worse still, putting off treatment altogether. “Tony Abbott’s pre-election promise of no health cuts turned out to be a lie. In one year, the Coalition Government has attacked Australian manufacturing in an unprecedented way. “As well as forcing the auto industry out the door – jeopardising the future of tens of thousands of workers — the Government has sought to undermine manufacturing across the country. “It has failed to commit to shipbuilding, failed to commit to steel fabricators, and failed to support the industry at large. “Manufacturing has always been the base of Australia’s economy – solid, skilled and a driver of research and innovation which spills across all sectors of the economy. “Hitting manufacturing, as well as hitting innovation and research, will have long-term negative effects for Australian workers, for employment and for our economy at large.” In airlines, we’ve seen the Government try to undermine Australian content laws for Qantas and continuing to turn a blind eye to economy damaging offshoring occurring elsewhere. “The Government’s so called “asset recycling” Bill to reward states and territories which privatise their assets will do untold damage to our electricity sector, among others, and hit consumers with the inevitable increases that come with profit based private companies taking over. “The list keeps growing and on the eve of their anniversary, the Federal Government has gifted workers a multi-billion dollar cut to their retirement savings with the superannuation guarantee freeze and LISC cut. After only one year, the Federal Government is looking to put lives at risk by “reviewing” Australia’s road safety watchdog – the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal. The Tribunal has powers to intervene when clients use economic pressure to force truck drivers and truck companies to act unsafely. “Truck driving is Australia’s most dangerous job, with a workplace fatality rate 15 times higher than the national average. Yet major Liberal donor Coles has campaigned hard against the RSRT and some Government MPs have described the Tribunal as “red tape”. Despite promises to the contrary before the election, the Abbott Government has outlined the most dramatic changes to the higher education sector in a generation. “Funding has been slashed, fees will go up, private providers will receive public funding, and students will be charged at market interest rates on their debt. “These changes will saddle graduates with mortgage-sized debts and create a two-tier system that locks students from poorer backgrounds and women out of the highest quality education. “Courses will be cut and campuses will close leading to job losses, and more casualisation with four-in-five new jobs in the sector already short-term or casual contracts.” The past year has exposed the Abbott Government’s mean-spirited indifference to low and middle income earners and families. Its persecution of helpless people is somehow monstrous, somehow pitiful. “The 2014 Budget is striking for its relentless cuts to essential services and increased costs for those who can least afford them. “The betrayal of cleaners who look after federal building and clean the very offices of the Government that made this despicable decision illustrates their vindictiveness. The dumping of the Commonwealth Cleaning Services Guidelines will see them lose 20% of their pay, on top of a dramatic reduction in working conditions and job security. “These guidelines were established to protect cleaners in an industry with a long and well-documented history of underpayment, exploitation and unsafe work practices. Thanks to the Abbott Government these hard-working cleaners now face the future with anxiety and uncertainty. “So much for Tony Abbott’s pre-election claim that no worker will be worse off. The Abbott Government seems hell bent on winning the race to the bottom, by undermining Australian jobs and job security. Every aspect of the Coalition’s workplace policy – from loosening up provisions against the exploitation of workers on 457 visas, through to punishing the unemployed, seems aimed at undermining our social safety net. this also includes the Attack on unemployed unable to receive benifits for 6 months the cruelest policy of all
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