Find below Kevin’s Report card for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Mark of F +


·         Save the whales – FAIL+

·         Fuelwatch, $21M – FAIL+

·         Kids Laptops – FAIL+

·         National Broadband Network ($4b-$7B-$43B): To cost about $20,000 a connection – FAIL+

·         Grocery Watch/Choice – dumped $13 million vow – FAIL+

·         Federal takeover of hospitals by mid 2009 if no improvement. – EPIC FAIL+

·         Hospital Reform – just take the money from the States – FAIL+

·         Schools Stimulus Infrastructure Program (BEBR - Builders Early Retirement Fund) – FAIL+

·         Bribe to Free To Air TV Stations – FAIL+

·         Refugees: how many boats so far? – FAIL+

·         Refugees suspension backflip – FAIL+

·         2020 Summit - 1000 B&B; minds, $2+m = 9 usable ideas - EPIC FAIL+

·         Batts in , Batts out – SUPER DUPER EPIC FAIL+

·         Kill off Insulation Industry – FAIL+

·         Upcoming Huge Budget Deficit – FAIL+

·         Mining Tax – FAIL+

·         Childcare Centre Building program scrapped – FAIL+

·         Carbon emissions reduction - LPG conversion subsidies phased out – FAIL+

·         Carbon emissions reduction (2): household solar rebate axed 9/6 – FAIL+

·         ETS - Greatest Moral Challenge of our Time – FAIL+

Mark of F



·         Fight inflation genie – Oops GFC   – FAIL

·         Taxes up (gas, diesel,transport, alcopops) – inflationary  – FAIL

·         Arresting Iranian leaders: stunt  – FAIL

·         Bank guarantee - over 200,000 accounts frozen from September 2008. – FAIL

·         Cash Splash 1 –borrowed   – FAIL

·         Cash Splash 2: borrowed $42B   – FAIL

·         Work Choices/fair work: awards backflips – tourism/food industry dispensation but farmers will be out of work. – FAIL

·         Defence: cut expenditure & build weaponry? – FAIL

·         Homeland Security Department – “non-core promise” broken Nov 28, 2007  – FAIL

·         The buck stops with me – so where are you? – FAIL

·         Tough Decisions – Ahh never - FAIL

·         Securing Murray/Darling water  – FAIL

·         IVF: cuts. – FAIL

·         Medicare/private health: rebate same/lie  – FAIL

·         Dental scheme: gone 22.Cataract surgery: costs doubled  – FAIL

·         Superannuation: government needs it more than us. – FAIL

·         Home Savers Grant: fizzer, lack of people saving  – FAIL

·         First Home Owners grant: lifted, inflating house prices  – FAIL

·         GP super clinics - $275M. – FAIL

·         Non-compulsory university union fees: voted down  – FAIL

·         Worker share options – blunder  – FAIL

·         Ruddbank  – FAIL

·         Reduce consultancies by $112 million = increase to $800 million (6354 consultancies) – FAIL

·         Govt will pay small business invoices on time = takes a lot longer  – FAIL

·         No nuclear Waste Dump NT – election promise – broken June 2008  – FAIL

·         $15 million to rural research & development corporations – election promise – broken May 2008. – FAIL

·         A - E reporting on childcare standards & universal pre-school for 4 year olds – election promise – broken June 2009  – FAIL

·         ALP Uranium Policy/stance – in tatters. Garrett approves uranium mine. – FAIL

·         Diplomacy – Japan – biggest customer – FAIL. India – Uranium contract – FAIL .

·         USA – conversations (real/imaginary) released to media. – FAIL

·         China, May 2009 – “difficult to deal with” Australia led Asia Pacific Body – thud. – FAIL

·         Boost funding for aboriginal Legal Aid – lie – actuality = cuts to funding in first budget. – FAIL

·         Scale back Intervention – ignored review recommendations. – FAIL

·         Homes /renovations for indigenous – not one shovel lifted to date  – FAIL

·         Digital TV –Conroy, 2008, slash $22m from costs of changeover, original estimate $16m now to cost $66m  – FAIL

·         Cheaper Better Childcare – Govt regulations will see Childcare costs going up by about $1500pa on July 1, 2010  – FAIL

·         Internet Filter  – FAIL

·         Funding Equivalent Hospital Beds – Sorry Kev, can’t sleep in those equivalent Beds  – FAIL

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