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RE: what we expect from your first budget [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]   Inbox

	Pre Budget Submissions 2008/09 Received	to me	More options	10:27 (5 hours ago)

2008-09 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION

Thank you for your submission of 17 January 2008 regarding priorities
for the 2008-09 Budget.



Community views are a critical consideration for the Government when
forming its budget policies, and your submission will be taken into
account during the decision-making process.



Yours sincerely

Penny Sirault
Budget Priorities & Reporting Unit
Budget Policy Division


-----Original Message-----
From: Alex .... [mailto:delphi3@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2008 1:39 PM
To: Pre Budget Submissions 2008/09 Received
Subject: what we expect from your first budget


We want you to restore Medicare.

Today it is almost impossible to arrange a visit by a community home
nurse. They can\'t even acknowledge phone messages.

We want strong action for climate change like spending on transport
infrastructure, and making public transport free. This should not be a
state issue, it\'s a national  priority.

We want you to review military spending.

We want you to restore compulsory student unionism, and either
contribute towards union fees, or add them onto HECS debt.

We want more funding for the arts.

We want you to cancel  any funding the previous government has made to
nuclear power advisory groups or other projects related to nuclear
power.

We want you to respect the rights of returned soldiers and acknowledge
the damages caused by agent orange and gulf war syndrome.

We would like you to publish the full budget details in a full page ad
in newspapers.  Often minor details are ignored by the media.

We would like you to provide funding to establish a Bill Of Rights and
call for submissions from the judiciary and the public.

Although we don\'t believe our \'safeguards\'\' are effective in the
sale of uranium, we would suggest that treasury sets funds aside to
draft a further   condition for sale of uranium, stating that the the
buyer must have in plans a detailed programme for the containment of
radioactive waste. This is of paramount importance for countries like
China, Russia and Indonesia. It is irresponsible to sell uranium without
such an agreement. This waste is also a  terrorist risk, as you know. We
would also need funds to inspect these operations where waste must be
kept for hundreds of years. Maybe this should be referred to the UN to
set minimum guidelines.

We need funding to overhaul our disgraceful treatment of refugees, most
of whom become our legal immigrants.

Thank you for reading this submission.

This will be an interesting budget.  We have much expectation of it.

regards,

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