"poverty, child abuse, salinity, water conservation - trouble is, there ain't no votes in those."
Lotsa votes there. To aid the poor there are public schools, public libraries, public hospitals, public housing, numerous pensions of various types. Child abuse? Lotsa cash being put into police, courts, foster care and recently the NT programme. The states put money into it. Salinity and water conservation? Ten billion for the Murray Darling from the Feds alone. And the states are spending in this ...
Lotsa votes there. To aid the poor there are public schools, public libraries, public hospitals, public housing, numerous pensions of various types. Child abuse? Lotsa cash being put into police, courts, foster care and recently the NT programme. The states put money into it. Salinity and water conservation? Ten billion for the Murray Darling from the Feds alone. And the states are spending in this ...