Psyber wrote:morell wrote:So we have everyone on board against rate capping.
Except for Jimmy.
I reckon if we can get him over the line, such is his influence, we might just defeat it.
C'mon Jimmyyyyyyyyyy. I'll buy you an Australian Greens Tshirt if you do.
Not quite...
I'd support rate capping - if it is based on a fair and reasonable assessment of the funding needs to maintain basic services - to ensure they don't use elevated rates to expand into other areas as I stated above, but I'd also want a block on them the being able to resort to jacked up fees to raise money for the other stuff they tend to get into.
Similarly, I support the ABC and its role in radio and TV, but I think they now run to many stations and fill the gaps with crap programming compared to the past.
Agree with you Psyber
My position remains:
The perfect nightmare: pompous civil servants with unfettered access to funds.
Of course they want no transparency or accountability
Rate capping or rate increase capping? Nah, neither. I'd force a 20% cut in rates over 4 years.
I would also make all levels of government, and therefore their officers, subject to the Corporations Act
That's real reform. I don't see why civil servants should have a lesser degree of responsibility than the private sector
Plus, see how many politicians lie in public or abuse best interests duty then.......