tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post6602962389608523698..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: ProductivityAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-92011352017990398892011-08-15T08:34:45.208+10:002011-08-15T08:34:45.208+10:00Productivity can be defined as: The amount of outp...Productivity can be defined as: The amount of output per unit of input (labor, equipment, and capital).<br />Not so "clever" employers say "Hey we can improve productivity by slashing pay and conditions for our workers".<br />A little bit "smarter" employers will say "Hey we can improve productivity by slashing pay and conditions across the entire workforce"<br />The really "smart" ones say "Hey we can import lower paid workers"<br />Well I guess Forrest Gump was right, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.Notushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173819673356724711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-37978769570740630822011-08-12T12:38:23.458+10:002011-08-12T12:38:23.458+10:00Try these for size:
http://www.theaustralian.com....Try these for size:<br /><br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/carbon-plan/touch-of-whitlam-as-pm-oversees-disaster/story-fn99tjf2-1226091024257<br /><br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/old-bull-maintains-an-interest-in-the-sharemarket/story-e6frg906-1226091041786<br /><br />I truly only bought the Weekend Oz in order to have something with which to light a fire. Probably the best possible use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-1978707623152278932011-08-12T09:09:19.432+10:002011-08-12T09:09:19.432+10:00David: I know, the John Elliott of Adelaide. I lov...David: I know, the John Elliott of Adelaide. I love a bit of pot-kettle work.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-59810641562364144092011-08-11T19:04:22.881+10:002011-08-11T19:04:22.881+10:00Has Spalvin said something about debt? Wasn't ...Has Spalvin said something about debt? Wasn't he the bloke who effectively destroyed the Adelaide Steamship Company (through indebtedness, IIRC)?David Irving (no relation)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-81466863330815022142011-08-10T21:38:25.018+10:002011-08-10T21:38:25.018+10:00Thanks Anon1 & Rhiannon.
Anon2: I can't r...Thanks Anon1 & Rhiannon.<br /><br />Anon2: I can't revisit something of which I was unaware.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-20319296593123122572011-08-10T19:04:15.304+10:002011-08-10T19:04:15.304+10:00Thank you Andrew.
I start at 2am and drive 170 ki...Thank you Andrew.<br /><br />I start at 2am and drive 170 kilometres to work part time for a large Asutralian corporation in Canberra. I do this because there is no employment that I am considered useful for between me and the nations captal, or in a radius extending in an equivalent distance in any other direction. I cannot afford to move where I am from as I don't have bond and find it difficult to assemble same on $500 per week. To keep costs down on the fuel front, and to minimise the risk of me slamming into a 'roo or logging truck on an icy highway, I sleep in my car in Canberra three nights a week. Try that in winter. It is a charchter building exercise.<br /><br />I am not whinging. This is my choice (insofarasmuch as the altrenatives include the Newstart Allowance and/or complete homelessness). I have permanancy in my employment and a damnably fine superannuatioon scheme - two benefits alone that make the exercise worthwhile at some basic level.<br /><br />Your pont regarding emptying out the Centrelink offices is very pertinent. I see these people through my workplace from time to time and they are less than useless, they actually decrease productivity by having to correct mistakes, theft, etc. These are damaged people, not really much good for anything. The cheapest option would be to pension/medicate them and hope they don't continue to inflict harm on other members of the community, such as it is.<br /><br />Many of us would love to be more productive, but it seems no one is interested in either our productions or in enabling us to live somewhere where we can sustain productivity. cf. rental accommodation costs in capital cities versus incomes, which have a mean of around $35K.<br /><br />I'm trying to get on with it, but for how long I can I know not.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-59973452215017663652011-08-10T12:06:41.390+10:002011-08-10T12:06:41.390+10:00Could you revisit John Spalvin's recent contri...Could you revisit John Spalvin's recent contributions to public debate of debt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-74009081652712505332011-08-10T11:20:40.876+10:002011-08-10T11:20:40.876+10:00Thanks for an excellent post.Thanks for an excellent post.Rhiannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-14071235264172319742011-08-09T22:26:04.436+10:002011-08-09T22:26:04.436+10:00There is only one way to lift productivity, that i...There is only one way to lift productivity, that is to work smarter.<br /><br />To do this wee have to have the boss and the workers, pulling together.<br /><br />Working harder is rarely a solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com