Will somebody please just turn off this man’s life support so I don’t have to read this crap anymore?

Goulburn is one of Australia’s great inland cities with a proud history dating back to the 19th Century. Sadly this great city has suffered more than most from the worst drought in one hundred years.

The drought has had a devastating impact not just on the farming community but also on the small businesses that support it in towns and cities throughout Australia just like Goulburn. I visited one such small business, Ranger Geale Construction and Agriculture Specialists, which has had its turnover cut by 60 per cent as a result of the drought.

Terrible stuff. But you and your ilk had eleven long years to do something if you think that something needs to be (and can be) done.

Small businesses throughout Australia must be protected from unfair dismissal laws which would severely discourage them from taking on new staff when conditions improve. This is a real concern I have picked up from small business owners around Australia and it is a core principle for me and my team.

This man is beyond amazing! One minute WorkChoices is dead, then it’s alive again. Keep on bringing the debate around to IR, Brendan, because as long as you’re banging on about it there’s even less chance you and your team will ever get near the other side of the chamber again.

Another issue that is raised with me wherever I go is obviously the cost of fuel.

DRINK!

Mr Rudd created the expectation last year that he would reduce the price of petrol yet since November the price of petrol has gone up.

Naughty, naughty Kevin. He’s singlehandedly depleting world reserves of oil, raising demand around the globe, and controlling OPEC’s price setting policy.

The Coalition will obviously support responsible policies that reduce the cost of petrol for Australian motorists.

The same policies you failed to come up with in eleven long years.

But the Government must demonstrate that no motorists will be a cent worse off as a result of new policies.

Because that’s exactly what the government wants to happen.

I have particular concern that Mr Rudd’s FuelWatch scheme will get rid of the heavy weekly discounting of fuel which currently takes place and which millions of Australians rely on.

But you’ll still support it, Brendan. That’s the kind of fence-sitting guy you are.