Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Carbon Tax demystifying the impact upon Australians, by Tim Tufuga
The carbon tax message has become layman friendly with the recent publication of the Clean Energy Future Overview information booklet. The Australian Labor Government has crossed the Rubicon on a proposed tax that has certainly divided a nation.
In the meantime, the present opinion polls seem to reveal the salient fear of any proposed tax in any shape or form, regardless, of how environmentally, frugally, and health conscience beneficial, it may be to the political, economic environment, and to the quality of life for Australians. The residual affects and effects upon the obvious improved quality of life for the community is somewhat subsumed by the fear and burden of any proposed dreaded three lettered ‘T’ word.
The Carbon tax is indeed an issue which pits the fearmongering mindsets of conservative and reactionary Australia with the environmentally conscience dynamic visionaries from the realpolitically astute, a growing movement stemming from the leftwing socialists coupled with the guppy lasseiz faire modernists, who truly believe that their idealistic dreams are realpolitickally attainable.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59703431/Clean-Energy-Future-Overview
Apart from the idealism of the visionaries is the earth shattering impacting thud of a 26% approval rate at almost every mainstream opinion polls over the carbon tax issue, in that from an outsiders perspective, the assumption may verily be that Australians have sided with the conservative reactionaries.
The fearmongering xenophobes have won in the polls and the Australian Labor Party will fall on the sword of the carbon tax white paper legislative proposal and will probably bow out of office when they return to the hustings at least in the most foreseeable future. In the meantime, the present incumbent administration will have to try to lessen the adverse impact of the negative response by the laity and will try to woo firstly the loyal rank and file then the uncertain swing voters before daring the take on the reactionary ultra right.
The Julia Gilliard-Combet-Brown Carbon tax cabal are on the Australian roads trying the hardsell everywhere and anywhere.
As for the working class battlers out there, well, whats in it for me? To make it easier to dessiminate the hardsell on page 6 of the Clean Energy Future Overview, The government will ensure that those Australians that need help the most, particularly pensioners and the low income earner, will get assistance for the cost of living impact of the carbon tax.
On average, households will see costs increases of $9.90 while the average assistance will be $10.10 per week.
Over 4 million households will be either better off comapred to their average price impact.
This means they will recieve assistance that provides a buffer of at least 20 per cent and above their average price impact.
Almost 6 million households will be assisted to meet their average price impact.
This means they will receive assistance that covers the average price impact of the carbon tax price on their cost of living.
Around 8 million households will get some assistance.
This means they will receive some assistance through payments increases and or tax cuts.
Households that improve their energy efficiency can help the environment and save money.
Because households that do use less energy will still get to keep all their tax cuts and payment increases to carbon tax will still provide them with a financial incentive to their bit for the environment.
Finally, on page 18 of the information booklet, household assistance will be valued at around $14.9 billion through Income tax custs and increased family payments and pension rises.
Tim Tufuga
Brisbane 19th July 2011
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59703431/Clean-Energy-Future-Overview
In the meantime, the present opinion polls seem to reveal the salient fear of any proposed tax in any shape or form, regardless, of how environmentally, frugally, and health conscience beneficial, it may be to the political, economic environment, and to the quality of life for Australians. The residual affects and effects upon the obvious improved quality of life for the community is somewhat subsumed by the fear and burden of any proposed dreaded three lettered ‘T’ word.
The Carbon tax is indeed an issue which pits the fearmongering mindsets of conservative and reactionary Australia with the environmentally conscience dynamic visionaries from the realpolitically astute, a growing movement stemming from the leftwing socialists coupled with the guppy lasseiz faire modernists, who truly believe that their idealistic dreams are realpolitickally attainable.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59703431/Clean-Energy-Future-Overview
Apart from the idealism of the visionaries is the earth shattering impacting thud of a 26% approval rate at almost every mainstream opinion polls over the carbon tax issue, in that from an outsiders perspective, the assumption may verily be that Australians have sided with the conservative reactionaries.
The fearmongering xenophobes have won in the polls and the Australian Labor Party will fall on the sword of the carbon tax white paper legislative proposal and will probably bow out of office when they return to the hustings at least in the most foreseeable future. In the meantime, the present incumbent administration will have to try to lessen the adverse impact of the negative response by the laity and will try to woo firstly the loyal rank and file then the uncertain swing voters before daring the take on the reactionary ultra right.
The Julia Gilliard-Combet-Brown Carbon tax cabal are on the Australian roads trying the hardsell everywhere and anywhere.
As for the working class battlers out there, well, whats in it for me? To make it easier to dessiminate the hardsell on page 6 of the Clean Energy Future Overview, The government will ensure that those Australians that need help the most, particularly pensioners and the low income earner, will get assistance for the cost of living impact of the carbon tax.
On average, households will see costs increases of $9.90 while the average assistance will be $10.10 per week.
Over 4 million households will be either better off comapred to their average price impact.
This means they will recieve assistance that provides a buffer of at least 20 per cent and above their average price impact.
Almost 6 million households will be assisted to meet their average price impact.
This means they will receive assistance that covers the average price impact of the carbon tax price on their cost of living.
Around 8 million households will get some assistance.
This means they will receive some assistance through payments increases and or tax cuts.
Households that improve their energy efficiency can help the environment and save money.
Because households that do use less energy will still get to keep all their tax cuts and payment increases to carbon tax will still provide them with a financial incentive to their bit for the environment.
Finally, on page 18 of the information booklet, household assistance will be valued at around $14.9 billion through Income tax custs and increased family payments and pension rises.
Tim Tufuga
Brisbane 19th July 2011
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59703431/Clean-Energy-Future-Overview
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Queensland Flood Heroes honoured 12th June 2011
The Queensland flood heroes were honoured with a recognition ceremony held at the Suncorp Piazza, Southbank, Brisbane. Amongst the official delegates were the Governor of Queensland Her Excellency Mrs. Penelope Wensley; The Deputy Prime Minister and Australian Federal Treasurer Hon. Mr. Wayne Swan; The Premier of Queensland Hon. Anna Bligh as well as representatives of the Brisbane City Council. whom officiated proceedings.
Monday, May 30, 2011
The HEKE project: The New Zealand government threatens Tim Tufuga with asset seizures.
My response to the New Zealand government's threat for asset seizures for outstanding student loans dating back to 1992.
Ma le fa'aaloalo lava
fa'afetai
Tim Tufuga
30th May 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Australian International Development Aid Project (AIDAP) 13th May 2011
The Australian Aid Development Aid Project (AIDAP) had publically announced their fiscal budgetry commitment for the 2011-12 period, in a Senator Claire Moore sponsored public forum, that was held at the Merthyr Uniting church, in New Farm, Brisbane. In this meeting, the Australian AusAID program summary was announced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and former Prime Minister of Australia, The Honourable. Mr. Kevin Rudd, MP.
The overall big picture of Australian foreign aid, has been considered in global standards as fairly modest. Moreover, the Australian fiscal expectant expenditure on foreign aid to the world, although it is fairly low by international donator nation standards, with Australia's donation ranking at the bottom third ranking 16th out of 23 members of the OECD member nations. In real terms, this is 0.35% of the Gross National Income (GNI), or 35 cents for every $100. The OECD average is 0.49%.
Australian commitment to improving their international responsibilities has been proposed by the present Gillard-Rudd administration by predicting an incremental increase of 0.5% of international financial aid by 2015. Inadvertently then, this commitment is in response to the increasing demand for international responsibility by Australia as a regional and international hegemonic leader.
In the South pacific region, the implications of Australian responsibility is crucial in all portfolios from environment, immigration, labour, tourism ecological, education, finiancial and domestic and international infrastrutuctural developments for various fragile Pacific Islander economies. The commitment to human resource movement to the Pacific periphery has been recognised as salient to foreign aid assistance, including and most importatntly, by the contribution and committment by Australia. Not only has the Pacific Islander economies been reliant upon the formal injection by the core nations but crucially this has been augmented by the private remittances by these same human resource labour relaying monies back to their loved ones in the Pacific Islands.
In summary,
Australia has continued to commit to expanding assistance to Indonesia by building 2,000 schools.
For the South Pacific, improving the education in the Pacific.
Expanding the volunteer and NGO program, including the Australian International Volunteers (AVI) etc.
Eliminating violence against women, in conjunction with the UN women.
Improving water, sanitation and hygiene across Asia and Africa.
Tackling unavoidable blindness, to treat sufferers in East Asia and routine screening 100,000 people.
Expanding humanitarian assistance to Africa and the Middle East, to improve health care for mother's and children and other assiatnce in Africa.
The creation of the Australian Civilian Corp, (similar to the US Peace Corp). deployed to countries experiencing conflicts and natural disasters.
Fa'afetai lava
Tim Tufuga
15th May 2011
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