Archive for August, 2011
Quote of the Day
From John Armstrong’s column. The Greens should likewise hold their heads in shame over being party to Labour’s shoddy behaviour. Why? They never have in the past. In fact, they’re still insisting they were right on the EFA – Labour’s blatant attempt at skewing the electoral system in their own favour. As for the article itself, I’m [...]
Welfare in the News
I just realised something after writing up the previous post. The woman in this story on Close Up the other week gets $480 “from the government”. This page gives the DPB at $288.47/week after tax at the “M” rate. That gives a base income of $16,994.64 before tax. Using that we look up the WFF rates, [...]
