tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post6393497829356864070..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: QANTAS and Holden: do we assist?Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-2071550701760548662013-12-14T20:55:50.452+11:002013-12-14T20:55:50.452+11:00People whose jobs are not viable go onto the dole,...People whose jobs are not viable go onto the dole, that is, $11k a year. It's not clear to me why these particular non viable positions needed to be maintained at a cost of $50k a year. This injustice has cost us a hospital or three new schools each year over ten years. Good riddance to it!Scott Hastingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-69990722733552004772013-12-10T20:04:43.834+11:002013-12-10T20:04:43.834+11:00Good lord, kvd. Always good to find stories from t...Good lord, kvd. Always good to find stories from the past!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-2009574539798675252013-12-10T20:03:54.847+11:002013-12-10T20:03:54.847+11:00Evan,the difficulty is that skills without jobs is...Evan,the difficulty is that skills without jobs is problematic. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-53189592883198431802013-12-10T18:53:05.690+11:002013-12-10T18:53:05.690+11:00Holden has made a commitment to keep making cars i...<i>Holden has made a commitment to keep making cars in Australia for at least another 10 years in return for $275 million in taxpayer subsidies, but has promised nothing about jobs.</i><br /><br /><i>Without the commitment of $215 million from the federal government, $50 million from South Australia and $10 million from Victoria, Holden says it would have stopped making cars in Australia after 2016.</i><br /><br />Holden's "Kodak moment" as <b>reported March 2012</b> - http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/more-cars-but-no-pledge-on-jobs-20120322-1vmxy.html<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-72873387629930590252013-12-10T18:05:20.999+11:002013-12-10T18:05:20.999+11:00I'd like to see some ideas on how to retrain c...I'd like to see some ideas on how to retrain current workers. You can do an awful lot of training for $100M a year I would think. And setting up manufacturing in industries with a future too I would think.<br /><br />Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-74863375074229441252013-12-10T06:38:01.606+11:002013-12-10T06:38:01.606+11:00And their opponents, too, kvd! And their opponents, too, kvd! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-47943878673106582842013-12-10T06:20:14.416+11:002013-12-10T06:20:14.416+11:00Lots of emotive comments about "icons"; ...Lots of emotive comments about "icons"; a dearth of facts; fear, uncertainty, doubt - always a solid foundation for wise decisions. Sounds like just another day at the office for proponents of economic rationalism.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com