The Budget

The Howard Government's vision of the future is clear. While $2.1 billion dollars has been set aside for improved pay and conditions for defence personnel in the budget, Julie Bishop admits that her 'performance pay' model will see the salaries of many teacher's fall. I can see a new vision. It will be a remarkable day when our budget commits to billions of dollars in extra funding to improve pay for teachers in our schools and places our defence force on 'performance pay', reducing the salaries of many personnel. Perhaps then, such an expanded defence force may not be needed.