Wonder how much a litre of water would cost

Yeah , same up here Footy ,, but just imagine if we all started running our cars on the stuff ,, won't be able to afford the stuff to drink !!

Neil ..

Good point...mind you most would drink something else and damm their livers and kidneys :))

what state do you live in?
Councils have nothing to do with water in WA, mainly because it is of such widespread importance that it cant be managed on a small scale?

I'm in Qld, but the same applies in NSW and I suspect most other states.

Geees Bob , only to happy to send you some down ,, just let me know how !!

Neil ..

Its raining here as I type !

You guys get far too much rain in Qld anyway. Send some down to us poor, parched Sydneysiders for a change :)))))))

Footy you know it's not nice to brag.
Neil the better way would be via a few big black clouds , waite for the weekend though so i don't have to stop work & we go up to Imbil & play in the muddy forests, cheer's Bob.

I'd love to send her down Houghie :)) I've had this room flooded twice this year, because of various reasons we have developed a drainage problem. And when it rains here, the sky falls in. Last time, I was sitting here in the garage typing when I felt the water climbing up my shoes. For an old geyser I can move quickly when necessary :))

Hey cut it out Gramps, we need all the water we can up here in Se Q. How about we send you down some of these bluddy labor pollies. then you can have as much fertiliser & recycled water as you want .

Footy you're around Tweed /Mudgeraba somewhere are you? too much rain/water for you also. Are you sure it was'nt the old geiser filling up his shoes, no wonder you have to move so quickly.

Hey scooter, that was a bit below the belt LOL

Gramps & Bob ,, just tell me how to send it your way ,, we have had far too much up here ,, has been knocking our work around real bad ,, we need the fine weather to stay around so we can get some money up ,, just tell me how , i'll give it a go !!

Neil ..

Neil, you'd be in a similar fix to some of the people up on the Cape. Mate of mine was saying that they are losing big $$ because of the weather and roads.

Bob,

"How about we send you down some of these bluddy labor pollies" I think they're well south of Yamba already. I'm told the best way to deal with them is snap freeze 'em. Just have'nt got a freezer big enough for Beatup or his ego for that matter :))))

Neil, just take a picture of the biggest darkest cloud and email it to our weather bureau after saying the magic words and soinning around three times, nude in your front yard "Pi$$ down in Sydney, pi$$ down in Sydney, pi$$ down in Sydney"

Gramps, nude ? Aww please noooooo :))

hahahaha Footy. That's why there are no mirrors in my bathroom. I've been known to scare the hair off werewolves and frighten white pointers on to the beach LOLOL

On a more serious note. I'm worried about Neil. Hope he has'nt done himself a serious injury whilst spinning around nude in his front yard mouthing the secret incantation :))))

Gramps, I just hope that the weather satellite pictures don't end up being X rated .

Gramps ,,
front yard no way ,, back yard maybe ,, will take a photo on thursday , thats when they say it'll be back , bloody rain , over it ..

Footy ,,
yeah , the cape is in a bad way , i don't think anyone will be driving up till late in the season this year , all the gear is up there or on its way so as soon as they can , they will be getting into it , road work that is !!

Well that'll do for me tonight ,, bed time !!

Neil ..

On a serious note,

I have often wondered why they can't use the water that gets dumped on NQ every year (and eventually runs out to sea) to irrigate the inland and even some of the dryer southern coastal regions. After all if they can build the Snowy hydro scheme for electricity then surely my suggestion shouldn't be too much out of the realms of possible.
Would provide great employment for many years in some very high unemployment areas, not only in the construction phase but also the farms that would prosper from extra water once construction is complete.

My thoughts, Trevor.

Just where are you gramps so I don't google earth into your yard by mistake!

Cheers

Pete

ROFLMAO

Good one Pete. Keep away from Neil's backyard in Cairns as well :))))

Trevor,

Because it would take a polly with the foresight and balls to look beyond the next election. Any project of that magnitude would take well over a normal parliamentary term. They only look for quick fixes and instant gratification.

Trevor, I have had the same thoughts. The recent proposal in WA to do a similar thing answered my questions. In essence they confirmed what Gramps says .

Bob Katter (member for kennedy) has been trying to get it on the table for Years

Footloose,

It is my understanding that the Ord river damming was to irrigate farms in an otherwise fairly unproductive region (I may be wrong as usual?) and I thought it was fairly successful in doing this.
If this is true then why can't they expand these ideas to many more rivers accross the north? As you and Al said, no gratification in it for the polly's concerned and less money for them to squander during their term in office.

Joe,
Bob Katter would have to be one of the few polly's that actually stand up and work for what the people of his electorate want. (just my opinion of course from an unqualified perspective)

Cheers, Trevor.

"Bob Katter trying to get it on the table for years"
Did'nt Bill get under the table with Monica Lowinski?

Well the NSW govt is talking about selling off the snowy mountain scheme. It may happen, full price for water for the benefit of its share holders...

WHOA ! Reality check. Governments use WHO'S funds to subsidise the taxpayers water ??

i'm not sure what you mean by "reality check"

anyway, it's no different to Local Governments (Councils) that subsidise development growth in their boundaries through provision of infrastructure

no different to state governments that offer incentives (tax breaks) for national and international businesses to establish in their state

the government(s) do and will continue to subsidise services such as water, sewerage treatment, public transport etc. etc.

perhaps if we were forced to pay true costs for these services then we might behave differently. I know I'd be thinking seriously about how much water evaporates from my swimming pool.

those tankers that fill up from fire hydrants...they would be paying close to true cost. Ask one of them how much they are charged for the water.

Govts have (comparitively) NO money of their own. None. Zilch! They re distribute taxpayers money.
Now how they redistribute it is another matter. But subsidising any services or providing any infrastructure is done using our money.
This of course still applies when they borrow money to provide services or infastructure. We still end up paying for it.
Around here, I often hear people on social services talking about "pay day". Makes me mad. It's handout day. Another service provided from the taxpayer via the Govt.
Sorry if I'm being pedantic but a lot of people just don't realize that the govt distributes taxpayers funds. They think that cheating on taxes, or ripping the Govt off is Ok because its Govt money.
There's no such thing.

Travelling Pixie,

As per Footy's comments, we already pay the true cost of water. Some of the payment is indirect though. Governments have NO money of their own as such. So to say governments subsidise the cost of ANYTHING is a nonsense.

Sorry about my soapbox, guys. It seems that anyone mentioning Govts or taxes and I'm straight up on that box !
BTW I totally agree with your sig Gramps :))

...i love a debate... :)

so...i guess if you are talking about Australia in terms of a closed environment (nothing coming in and nothing going out) then I understand what you are getting at. you are saying that the money the government distributes to the people is the same money that it has taken away (in some form) and therefore the true cost is being paid by Australia as a whole. fair enough

the way i look at it is that if a government contributes finances to providing a product or service then i see that as being a subsidy. where those finances comes from is neither here nor there to me - i pay taxes and i have to hope that they are being spent in the right places. in the sense of the word, it is still a subsidy

the topic of the thread was the cost of a litre of water which is what my comment related to. the cost to the individual.

That is where we will disagree. It does'nt matter whether it is a closed or open environment. Governments have no money, property etc etc of their own per se. It all belongs to, comes from or is managed on behalf of their people i.e. us. For this we pay them and their underlings a princely ransom.

Saying they subsidise anything is similar to the shell and pea trick you get when trading in a vehicle on a new black hole to throw money at :)))))

Pixie I see where you're coming from. I guess we were talking about the funding of subsidies.
Debates are good as they force you to think and become good at expressing your thoughts.
Sadly, debates often end in someone attacking the other. Not great.
But on this occasion I think we can all go away smiling ?

Gramps, agree as usual. But the princely sum pales into insignificance when we consider the CEO of Macquarie Banks CEO. 24 million for 12 months !
The real question is, what should he pay for a litre of water ?

Footy,

Yeah, I've already email'd him to confirm I'm available to fill in when he takes his annual leave but only if I can work from home LOLOL

I'd be no good, CEO's don't debate, they just say jump and everyone says how high :)) I wonder what allowable deductions he can get courtesy of the best tax lawyers in the country ? As Packer said, "anyone who pays tax in Australia" etc etc.
Nice work of you can get it. I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight ?

"I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight ?"

We're sitting here slagging off at the fat cats LOLOLOL

Heard on the radio today that the new tax cuts will mean an extra $8,000 in his take home pay EACH WEEK!

the poor sod only makes just over $65,000 a day, not sure how he makes ends meet.

Pete

Well I am. Still, I dont envy the guy his dough. I couldnt live with myself but I'm sure he can.
Money doesnt make you happy, but it sure makes you comfortable if you're unhappy I guess :))

"As Packer said, "anyone who pays tax in Australia" etc etc.
Nice work of you can get it."

I think he actually said "anybody who pays more tax than he has to is a bloody idiot"
Which is a theme that pops up here regularly I think.

"money doesnt buy happiness, but its better to be rich and miserable than poor and miserable"!

Hi Footloose and Gramps

If the Governments have no money or property then how did the commonwealth start, when cookie landed he didn't tax the people he just took there land (tax maybe) when the poms sent the convicts over did they tax them?
The squatters where given the land was this a subsidies?
Why do we have a reserve bank with gold to back up what we are worth? (before they sold it off)
I for one don't mined paying taxes (as it is a way for people less fortunate than me to get a "pay day". a lot less than i do)

water is free the cost is gettting it to the user

"I for one don't mined paying taxes "

I go along with that also. Do the people who complain about the PRINCIPLE of paying taxes wonder how roads, train tracks, bridges, schools, blah blah blah came to be?

There is no better place to be!

Todays homily is

"there is none so blind as he who doesnt WANT to see"

$ 2.20 a kiloliter here in Broken hill for stuff that is undrinkable without cordial. If anyone wants more water flowing in our rivers then BAN COTTON FARMING!!

good point Marn

Fisho64,

Yes, I think you've got Packer's quote right. I'm still trying to work out where you got the idea that we were complaining about paying taxes :))) If I find it I'll get back to you.

Richard,

We said that Governments do not have any money of their OWN. It is all provided by the taxpayers (individuals, companies, etc). The Commonwealth started from a meeting of the independent States.

I'm not going to go into a long, boring defence of how this country started (or at least the non-indigenous part of it). I suppose the convicts forced labour could be considered a 'tax' of sorts. Pretty long bow though.

The squatters were given land as payment for favours and to produce goods and services for the new colony.

The reserve bank had gold (paid for by taxpayers) as that was the universally accepted method of defining the value of a nations currency at the time.

I don't have a problem with paying fair and equitable taxes either and I'm sure Footy is of the same mind. Again I don't know where you're getting this opinion that we were complaining about paying taxes ????????

As per our comments above, we are already paying for the cost of getting water to the populce via our taxes. Those taxes pay for ALL infrastructure in this country. Governments don't add any more money to it because they don't have any of their own. The only money they have is ours.

quote " For this we pay them and their underlings a princely ransom." unquote

definition of ransom from macquarie dictionary
"the redemption of a slave, prisoner, captured goods etc for a price"

Fisho64,

And your point being? I see no reference to taxes.