ABC1 - Insiders - 8 Feb 09
9.00am - 10.00am ABC1 Insiders
On the first Insiders program for 2009, Barrie Cassidy interviews the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard about the government’s $42billion stimulus package.
On the panel: the Sydney Morning Herald’s Annabel Crabb, the Australian’s Lenore Taylor and News Limited’s Glenn Milne.
And Mike Bowers talks pictures from the first sitting week of parliament with Fairfax photographer Andrew Meares.
What do you think about the Government's proposed $42b economic stimulus package. Julia Gillard as Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and also the Minister for Social Inclusion will have a big role to play in the implementation process if this package goes ahead. Do you think Julia will easily manage these responsibilities or does she have too much on her plate? Add your comment below.
Other programs this weekend: Today on Sunday, Meet the Press, Weekend Sunrise, Inside Business, Sunday Agenda, Sunday Business
Posted by Mark Croxford at 6 February 2009, 1:02 PM 
Categories: Insiders,Lenore Taylor,Mark Croxford,Australian Politics,Glenn Milne,Andrew Meares,Annabel Crabb,Julia Gillard,Barrie Cassidy,Australian Media,Mike Bowers,2009 Feb 08
Categories: Insiders,Lenore Taylor,Mark Croxford,Australian Politics,Glenn Milne,Andrew Meares,Annabel Crabb,Julia Gillard,Barrie Cassidy,Australian Media,Mike Bowers,2009 Feb 08
I am in support of the infrastructure spending if the money is fully accountable and the States' can't squander it as they have done with the GST money to date. The proposed school spending is desperately needed regardless of the current economic climate and it is a shame it has taken such a crisis to get some funds to our schools. I just hope the Federal funds don't absolve the State Governments' of their fundamental responsibility to provide decent facilities for our schools. I hope the States' don't see the federal money as a way they can then siphon some of their school maintenance budgets into other projects. As for the cash payments, if I understand things right, to save the economy (and jobs), we need to get people spending and keep them spending. If that is so - $950 to deserving folks should stimulate the economy for all of ........ ooooh - a week! If that. For those not responsible enough to reduce their household debt, that money will go in one sitting. Would it not be far more sensible to get people spending, maybe in smaller amounts, over a sustained period - something you would possibly gain by bringing forward the tax cuts?? Not that I want to agree with Turnbull!
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