Don't know the answer, all I stated was the incredible cost involved.
The budget is blowing out and spending must be reduced. Forget all you read from the lefties of how it's only a small deficit when they compare us to the worst countries in the world such Greece, Spain, Italy and so on. Compare us with the best ones instead. Australia's budget deficit is now where Greece was less than five years ago. That's a wake-up call. Australia losing it's AAA+ credit rating and a large budget deficit will affect every citizen and will lower our standard of living and lower it substantially. The current government whether you like them or hate them is doing what it can to do the following (a) lower the budget deficit and (b.) do it without affecting the dismal economic growth we currently have.
And, they are doing a very lot about clawing taxes back from big businesses and corporates as well as wealthy individuals but, everything you read in the media is they are targeting the poor only - not true at all. However, with welfare taking up about half of every tax dollar collected and no end in sight to reign it in, they have got to try. A hostile Senate makes it virtually impossible. I have to say this though, although 99% of people here on this forum think that the Abbott government are hopeless idiots, I see them stuck between a rock and a hard place. They know the consequences of a massive blow-out, Labor and the Greens don't - because they don't have a clue. I know the consequences of an uncontrollable government debt and uncontrolled spending very well - I live in South Australia, nuf said.
