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		<title>By: BilB</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100224</link>
		<dc:creator>BilB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No sooner said than done

http://www.gizmag.com/baby-emotion-detector/14326/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=d86218211e-UA-2235360-4&amp;utm_medium=email</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No sooner said than done</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gizmag.com/baby-emotion-detector/14326/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&#038;utm_campaign=d86218211e-UA-2235360-4&#038;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizmag.com/baby-emotion-detector/14326/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&#038;utm_campaign=d86218211e-UA-2235360-4&#038;utm_medium=email</a></p>
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		<title>By: Patrickb</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100223</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrickb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We Sandgropers have been bent over a barrel and right royally raped by the rest of the country.&quot;
Well I&#039;d like to see some evidence for that. Being from WA (but not from Perth) I reckon we contribute very little income tax having such a small population and all. Indeed that small population and large geographical size may mean we&#039;re all on welfare! I suppose most of the locals (from Perth) reckon that mining royalties are a goldmine. They may want to have another look.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We Sandgropers have been bent over a barrel and right royally raped by the rest of the country.&#8221;<br />
Well I&#8217;d like to see some evidence for that. Being from WA (but not from Perth) I reckon we contribute very little income tax having such a small population and all. Indeed that small population and large geographical size may mean we&#8217;re all on welfare! I suppose most of the locals (from Perth) reckon that mining royalties are a goldmine. They may want to have another look.</p>
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		<title>By: marks</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100222</link>
		<dc:creator>marks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um,

Eliminate tax concessions for all religions.
Eliminate ALL tax deductions.  (After all, Tony, Barnaby sez we need to eliminate private debt - making interest payments non tax deductible will disincentivize &lt;em&gt; that&lt;/em&gt; little problem.  And just think! It would be soo simple Tony).
Include all benefits paid to employees (Great and small) on their tax return at market value.
Make payments in kind by companies illegal. (No free rent for Harbour apartments to be paid for by shareholders for example).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um,</p>
<p>Eliminate tax concessions for all religions.<br />
Eliminate ALL tax deductions.  (After all, Tony, Barnaby sez we need to eliminate private debt &#8211; making interest payments non tax deductible will disincentivize <em> that</em> little problem.  And just think! It would be soo simple Tony).<br />
Include all benefits paid to employees (Great and small) on their tax return at market value.<br />
Make payments in kind by companies illegal. (No free rent for Harbour apartments to be paid for by shareholders for example).</p>
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		<title>By: nasking</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100221</link>
		<dc:creator>nasking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some might enjoy this:

...i&#039;m imagining the summit if we stripped away the BS:

Noel Pearson declares that Cape York Peninsula is ready to go nuclear...

provided Peter Cosgrove lead a RAD off-greenish arm-band army up there to help clear the way for developers &amp; put down any resistance from wild QLD politicians &amp; other dissenting communities...

and Ian Harper discusses how the implementation of Worchoices mach 2 can ensure that such a grand project can be achieved by motivational practices such as providing 7 day a week workers with
I WORK FOR THE NATION I LOVE, AUSTRALIA t-shirts, overalls, mugs and buttons...

whilst Abbott enters clothed like a Conquistador...

and to a round of applause projects on the wall digitally altered pics showing Bill Heffernan in Cape York riding a water buffalo w/ whip in hand, heading a herd of 457 workers.

And then Heff sings out from a doorway:

Rollin&#039; Rollin&#039; Rollin&#039;

Keep movin&#039;, movin&#039;, movin&#039;,
Though UN is disapprovin&#039;,
Keep them visas movin&#039; profitswide!
Don&#039;t try to understand &#039;em,
They don&#039;t a speak the lingo
Just rope and throw and grab &#039;em,
Soon we&#039;ll be living high on nuke tide.
Boy my heart&#039;s calculatin&#039;
My true love will be waitin&#039;, power &amp; profits waiting at the end of my ride.

Move &#039;em on, head &#039;em up,
Head &#039;em up, move &#039;em out,
Move &#039;em on, head &#039;em out profitshigh!
Set &#039;em out, ride &#039;em in
Ride &#039;em in, let &#039;em out,
Cut &#039;em out, ride &#039;em in profitswide.


N&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some might enjoy this:</p>
<p>&#8230;i&#8217;m imagining the summit if we stripped away the BS:</p>
<p>Noel Pearson declares that Cape York Peninsula is ready to go nuclear&#8230;</p>
<p>provided Peter Cosgrove lead a RAD off-greenish arm-band army up there to help clear the way for developers &amp; put down any resistance from wild QLD politicians &amp; other dissenting communities&#8230;</p>
<p>and Ian Harper discusses how the implementation of Worchoices mach 2 can ensure that such a grand project can be achieved by motivational practices such as providing 7 day a week workers with<br />
I WORK FOR THE NATION I LOVE, AUSTRALIA t-shirts, overalls, mugs and buttons&#8230;</p>
<p>whilst Abbott enters clothed like a Conquistador&#8230;</p>
<p>and to a round of applause projects on the wall digitally altered pics showing Bill Heffernan in Cape York riding a water buffalo w/ whip in hand, heading a herd of 457 workers.</p>
<p>And then Heff sings out from a doorway:</p>
<p>Rollin&#8217; Rollin&#8217; Rollin&#8217;</p>
<p>Keep movin&#8217;, movin&#8217;, movin&#8217;,<br />
Though UN is disapprovin&#8217;,<br />
Keep them visas movin&#8217; profitswide!<br />
Don&#8217;t try to understand &#8216;em,<br />
They don&#8217;t a speak the lingo<br />
Just rope and throw and grab &#8216;em,<br />
Soon we&#8217;ll be living high on nuke tide.<br />
Boy my heart&#8217;s calculatin&#8217;<br />
My true love will be waitin&#8217;, power &amp; profits waiting at the end of my ride.</p>
<p>Move &#8216;em on, head &#8216;em up,<br />
Head &#8216;em up, move &#8216;em out,<br />
Move &#8216;em on, head &#8216;em out profitshigh!<br />
Set &#8216;em out, ride &#8216;em in<br />
Ride &#8216;em in, let &#8216;em out,<br />
Cut &#8216;em out, ride &#8216;em in profitswide.</p>
<p>N&#8217;</p>
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		<title>By: Ute Man</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100220</link>
		<dc:creator>Ute Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bilb wrote:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Also, I do see some problems as this would allow intelligent chimps to be elected to the Australian Parliament in place of usually totally moronic oxygen wasters that the coalition generally puts forward.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The part of private enterprise and property rights does not have oxygen wasters.  It has oxygen thieves.  Get it right!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bilb wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>Also, I do see some problems as this would allow intelligent chimps to be elected to the Australian Parliament in place of usually totally moronic oxygen wasters that the coalition generally puts forward.</p></blockquote>
<p>The part of private enterprise and property rights does not have oxygen wasters.  It has oxygen thieves.  Get it right!</p>
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		<title>By: Gummo Trotsky</title>
		<link>http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/25/tony-abbotts-ideas-summit/#comment-100219</link>
		<dc:creator>Gummo Trotsky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First reports of Tone&#039;s summit are starting to trickle in. From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/abbott-slams-rudd-summit-ideas/story-e6frgczf-1225834677871&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oz&lt;/a&gt;:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Launching the ideas forum today, the Opposition Leader described it as the &quot;lternative 2020 Summit&#039;&#039;, saying Mr Rudd&#039;s summit was merely a &quot;networking opportunity&#039;&#039;.

&quot;There were too many ideas for any of them to command attention&#039;&#039; he said of the 2020 Summit. &quot;Looking back, it was about networking, not ideas and the Prime Minister&#039;s real plan was to surround himself with celebrities without looking like a lightweight.&quot;

Mr Abbott argued the Liberal Party took &quot;ideas seriously&#039;&#039; and sent a clear message he was would communicate with colleagues about policy matters.

&quot;Along with my senior colleagues, &lt;strong&gt;I will listen, learn and respond&lt;/strong&gt;...&#039;&#039;. (my emphasis)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2830699.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ABC&lt;/a&gt;:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Former Australian Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove says Australia should adopt nuclear power as its response to climate change.

General Cosgrove mounted the argument while giving the opening speech to a Liberal ideas forum in Canberra last night.

He called for action on climate change and suggested bipartisan support is needed to set up a Commonwealth climate change commission with powers to enforce a long-term mitigation strategy...

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott told General Cosgrove that he does not entirely share his judgment on the state of the climate change science.

Mr Abbott, however, says he agrees that nuclear power is the only realistic way to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining living standards.

&quot;That&#039;s not the policy of the Liberal Party. It will not be the policy of the Liberal Party between now and the next election. Nevertheless, it is a debate that this country should have,&quot; Mr Abbott said.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Sounds like he skipped the listening and learning part and went straight to the responding in his answer to Cosgrove.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First reports of Tone&#8217;s summit are starting to trickle in. From the <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/abbott-slams-rudd-summit-ideas/story-e6frgczf-1225834677871" rel="nofollow">Oz</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Launching the ideas forum today, the Opposition Leader described it as the &#8220;lternative 2020 Summit&#8221;, saying Mr Rudd&#8217;s summit was merely a &#8220;networking opportunity&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;There were too many ideas for any of them to command attention&#8221; he said of the 2020 Summit. &#8220;Looking back, it was about networking, not ideas and the Prime Minister&#8217;s real plan was to surround himself with celebrities without looking like a lightweight.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Abbott argued the Liberal Party took &#8220;ideas seriously&#8221; and sent a clear message he was would communicate with colleagues about policy matters.</p>
<p>&#8220;Along with my senior colleagues, <strong>I will listen, learn and respond</strong>&#8230;&#8221;. (my emphasis)</p></blockquote>
<p>And from the <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2830699.htm" rel="nofollow">ABC</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Former Australian Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove says Australia should adopt nuclear power as its response to climate change.</p>
<p>General Cosgrove mounted the argument while giving the opening speech to a Liberal ideas forum in Canberra last night.</p>
<p>He called for action on climate change and suggested bipartisan support is needed to set up a Commonwealth climate change commission with powers to enforce a long-term mitigation strategy&#8230;</p>
<p>Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott told General Cosgrove that he does not entirely share his judgment on the state of the climate change science.</p>
<p>Mr Abbott, however, says he agrees that nuclear power is the only realistic way to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining living standards.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not the policy of the Liberal Party. It will not be the policy of the Liberal Party between now and the next election. Nevertheless, it is a debate that this country should have,&#8221; Mr Abbott said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sounds like he skipped the listening and learning part and went straight to the responding in his answer to Cosgrove.</p>
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		<title>By: Adrien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adrien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Each State gets 100% of it’s GST back.&lt;/i&gt;
.
Abolish payroll tax? Also cancel politicans&#039; salaries. One day each year they should go &#039;round to the houses in their electorate with a tin cup instead.
.
&lt;i&gt;Unlike the 2020 summit, there doesn’t appear to be an opportunity for citizens to have input.&lt;/i&gt;
.
I don&#039;t think the opportunity was actually real. Kevvie just made a space for plebian hot air to flow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Each State gets 100% of it’s GST back.</i><br />
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Abolish payroll tax? Also cancel politicans&#8217; salaries. One day each year they should go &#8217;round to the houses in their electorate with a tin cup instead.<br />
.<br />
<i>Unlike the 2020 summit, there doesn’t appear to be an opportunity for citizens to have input.</i><br />
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I don&#8217;t think the opportunity was actually real. Kevvie just made a space for plebian hot air to flow.</p>
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		<title>By: David Irving (no relation)</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Irving (no relation)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Easy, Razor. Increase personal income tax (on medium and high income earners), and increase company tax. I certainly wouldn&#039;t mind paying a bit more income tax.

That way, the tax system would be progressive instead of regressive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Easy, Razor. Increase personal income tax (on medium and high income earners), and increase company tax. I certainly wouldn&#8217;t mind paying a bit more income tax.</p>
<p>That way, the tax system would be progressive instead of regressive.</p>
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		<title>By: Razor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Razor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tyro - rollback!

Going to replace it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tyro &#8211; rollback!</p>
<p>Going to replace it?</p>
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		<title>By: ewe2</title>
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		<dc:creator>ewe2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well it screams &quot;Tony Abbott, media whore&quot;, but it&#039;s not going to give him what he most needs: something to give big business that they can&#039;t already get from Rudd. This has to be some media shill&#039;s idea, all it&#039;s going to do is employ tv and print journalists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it screams &#8220;Tony Abbott, media whore&#8221;, but it&#8217;s not going to give him what he most needs: something to give big business that they can&#8217;t already get from Rudd. This has to be some media shill&#8217;s idea, all it&#8217;s going to do is employ tv and print journalists.</p>
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