John Robertson
John Robertson
comments event happy local
It was our first event so we were all kind of anxious. The comments told us that those who participated were very happy that we hosted a local event.
It went great, much better than we had anticipated.
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They've said, 'If you agree to privatize and sell to us your railways, your electricity generation, etc. ? we will come in with capital.
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It is the consensus of the committee that the problems with the county's budget will not be solved by mere generation of additional revenue. Unless other meaningful, timely and substantive actions are taken to curtail budget growth, a repetitive crisis of currency and citizen confidence can be anticipated.
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We used to have the ability to generate our own foreign currency and now we are borrowing. We need to revive our export sector to be able to get back on track.
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We've seen a lot of override attempts, pretty much all over the place in the past three years. And the fiscal pressure is not going to go away.
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The only predictable thing is that you cannot predict what they will government will do next.
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Working people in regional Australia will feel the brunt of Howard's workplace laws and I'd be very worried if I was a federal MP who has voted for this legislation.
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What the president is effectively saying is that the economy will this year grow by over 35%, from a negative of 35% in the past seven years, which is not possible. You cannot achieve growth where there is no investment.
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We want him to be leader. He's done a good job for us. I think he should remain where he is.
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What we see today is the largest gathering ever of workers across Australia.
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We are heading for 1,000 percent inflation by the year end if we do not start behaving better. The government itself is beginning to feel the impact of their policies. They don't want the consequences of having, one month, not paid the army.
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They (government) had based their projections on inflation declining but inflation is continuously going up.
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They are really competitive. They have some cleaning up of their routines to do before then, but they should be ready by the time we leave for Las Vegas.