Wednesday 19 January 2011

Trust Joe Hockey to state the obvious in an attempt to point score


I rather think that Opposition shadow spokesperson on Treasury matters is beginning his 2011 push to pressure the Gillard Government concerning the Australian national budget’s bottom line, by using the January 2011 floods as his lever starting with these tweets on Saturday 15 January:

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......so watch for inflationary pressures as massive infrastructure and labour demands of rebuild kick in with higher commodity prices.

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Prime cut meat currently $32 a kilo and producers in FNQ get $2.20 a kilo (undressed so say $4.40 equiv). Southern Aus. prices up to $3.20!

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Watch commodity prices surge after floods. Not just coal etc but food and meat in particular. Road damage makes access to markets very tough

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