Silence. That’s what you hear when corporate executives from the big end of town are asked publicly about the prospect of a Labor win on May 18. In private, the sounds range from low grumbles to high-pitched hysteria.Many in big business see Bill Shorten as being captive to unions.“The richer you are, the more worried you are," one very high-net-worth individual quipped. Another - this one a billionaire - suggested a Labor win would be "a disaster".
They fear retribution from a Labor government that has shown a disregard for their views on corporate tax, disdain for excessive pay and disgust at the way many have treated their customers. Overwhelmingly, the biggest single fear among business is industrial relations - they see Opposition Leader Bill Shorten as being captive to unions and are concerned about a rise in their power - and break-outs in wages and conditions.Rather than speak individually, business has relied on the cover of a pack - using lobby groups like the Business Council of Australia to promote their views.
EKnightOfficial win,win Labor party.
EKnightOfficial Perish the thought that the age of greed might be in decline.
EKnightOfficial Nobody reads these liberal party propaganda rags
EKnightOfficial The economy is strong though ! O no - listen we know and have known- Business will take less and the people will take more - we are not the US - big difference !
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EKnightOfficial They became rich off the backs of the poor. What yheyre more scsred of is the fact that, because of this LNP/IPA govt, people now realise it more than ever.
EKnightOfficial Good let’s hang the bastards
EKnightOfficial Look everyone, we're making Smaug nervous.
EKnightOfficial ... my heart weeps for them. Truly. This is my sad face.
EKnightOfficial On Bill Shorten “the richer you are, the more worried you are' THAT'S THE PLAN BABY!!!!
EKnightOfficial Good. Suck it up!
EKnightOfficial Theses are the truest words ever... fear of a better decent man...
EKnightOfficial IF they paid their 'TAXES' they would not be SO WORRIED!!
EKnightOfficial This sounds really good
EKnightOfficial I love my dad, he has helped us in so many ways. 🛩️🛩️🛩️🛩️
EKnightOfficial Must want the people that are barely paying bills to live on the streets pull your head in rich people and let the poor be able to live a little bit easier rather then having to stifle to put a meal on the table, you got so much money you don't have that problem sadly others do
EKnightOfficial Worried about WHAT
EKnightOfficial What big business and very wealthy individuals are too gutless to say without precious anonymity
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NaomiWolfeAU EKnightOfficial Our second rate infrastructure, health, and education not mentioned. Government of the rich for the rich and by the rich and vested interests says it all.
EKnightOfficial Don't put too much in their concern for the small business. This is a talking point for them. As Keating said, back the horse self interest, its the only one trying.
EKnightOfficial There's Not enough Money & Assets in the World to satisfy these Out Of Control - their State of Mind is Gollum in Overdrive - GREEDY, Despicable & Mean Spirited - May their Souls reincarnate as the People they seek to DownTread into perpetual poverty auspol AU
EKnightOfficial When big business pays full taxes and demonstrates that trickle down economics actually exists, they earn their right to an opinion. Now just a bunch of big snouts in the trough
EKnightOfficial What?... that they will have to pay comparable tax to their profits... I wonder if that has contributed to their wealth accumulation
EKnightOfficial Why Hes so elitist! Labor voters should be concerned abt what happens next
EKnightOfficial Elizabeth Knight your credibility is now zero because of your reliance on the anonymous quotes in this story. There clearly is nothing to see here except a concocted scare campaign.
EKnightOfficial If they had any sense of it, the SMH editors should be deeply ashamed of publishing this piece. But they don't.
EKnightOfficial It’s exactly what is needed, AustralianLabor must stop the inequality, the greedy rich must be stoped from getting richer, it’s just criminal AusVotes2019 auspol inequality capitalism poverty corruption
EKnightOfficial Ummm.. who is this 'business' you speak of.. are we just talking about rich people who conform to conservative ideologies.. because there are rich people who don't who run significant economic enterprises...
EKnightOfficial Good.
EKnightOfficial Load of old rubbish
EKnightOfficial Pretty sure the poor should be just as worried
Ausshot3Dave EKnightOfficial I am poor and I am shit scared of Bill and his promises ... I just don’t want to be a loser like the rest who choose to follow his bizarre promises
EKnightOfficial This is utterly pathetic.
EKnightOfficial Better the ‘rich few’ be worried than the myriad of people who struggle to procure their basic needs
EKnightOfficial Evidence?
EKnightOfficial Yeah because we should all feel sympathy for the 1% who want more profit at the expense of our rights & wages. I mean really how dare a political party not let them pay us just $2 an hour & worse expect them to actually pay taxes...
EKnightOfficial 'The richer you are, the more worried you are.' About fucking time.
EKnightOfficial The rich should be thankful for Shorten. Shorten might just do enough to rebalance things so that the rich don’t face a fucking revolution.
EKnightOfficial 'very wealthy' good most of us arent very wealthy
EKnightOfficial OMG A rich Billionaire is worried that Labor might make him less rich. Oh FFS how many Billions do you need before losing a few Million doesn't hurt you? OutOfTouch
EKnightOfficial Sounds like Hard Times by Charles Dickens with business owners whingeing
EKnightOfficial Are they concerned with this mismanagement
EKnightOfficial Stats show Labor are historically better managers of the economy. when we lift up those on the bottom rung business & society win. What don't they understand about that?
EKnightOfficial And this is a problem for 99% of Australians? I’m thinking not.
EKnightOfficial Meanwhile...
EKnightOfficial The public deserve rigorous analysis in an election campaign, not gossip from the corner offices on Martin Place.
EKnightOfficial Yeah and the Russians will come and eat our babies!! auspol
EKnightOfficial Big business? More like BIG BABY! auspol2019
EKnightOfficial and...we're supposed to give a shit ?
EKnightOfficial which very wealthy individual ?
EKnightOfficial Good.
TaodeHaas EKnightOfficial Profits have gone up about 24% while wages have gone up about 2.4%. It's about time companies paid their fair share.
EKnightOfficial Poor things. . .
EKnightOfficial And that quote says it all really. payyourshare
EKnightOfficial finally, something to get me at least a little excited about Bill Shorten
EKnightOfficial The ASX doesn’t agree with Mr/s Anonymous.
EKnightOfficial Hearsay. Good journalism. Here some more hearsay. Some rich business men and businesses are happy to pay their way, if it goes towards education, health, NDIS and more infrastructure.
EKnightOfficial This 'article' is trash. Fairfax is dead.
TaodeHaas EKnightOfficial I don't get this class divide bit - there are so many 'wealthy' Labor MPs
EKnightOfficial Even if this scare tactic IS true, then isn't it lucky (for the less wealthy) that those very wealthy individuals still only have the same voting rights as each of the poorer 'individuals'? Australia still has compulsory voting for adults.
EKnightOfficial That's so sad that greedy people are worried they will have to pay their share
EKnightOfficial Well so they should be afraid because they’ve had a good bloody ride on the backs of ordinary Australians so far.
EKnightOfficial What Tosh. This will be a mildly redistributive Labor Govt, Shorten and Bowen mild Keynesian at best. Business has been talking to Labor and vice versa for ages as part of their risk management. This article reads like Labor are coming for their children.
EKnightOfficial Well the fall in the real value of wages for the working man seems to have fueled the rich with the LNP falling over backwards to take them rich to filthy rich. Trickle down bullshit. Feed the bastards to the lions!
If your wealth depends on the suffering and poverty of others, you don't deserve your wealth. You've done nothing to earn it. Stop whining you bludgers, & try some real work for a change.
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EKnightOfficial BULLSHIT All these CEO / Billionaire arsehats are worried about is a Labor Government MAY empower workers & those representing workers IE unions to seek fair wage increases to match the increases in cost of living !! How dare they seek a fairer go that could reduce CEO bonuses
EKnightOfficial All for a little more equality and also for ambition but when I read “unnamed billionaire worried about paying a living wage” such cupidity Auspol billshortenmp ScottMorrisonMP
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EKnightOfficial Bullshit, either name these people or its just fabricated nonsense as filler to please the new master Peter Coatello of Nine Entertainment Faifux, Age.
EKnightOfficial Brilliant article tells us exactly who the enemy is. The millionaire class hate Shorten because he's coming for their money! 😂 Tax cuts for the rich and LNP class war on the poor will end. FDR: 'They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.' auspol
EKnightOfficial So the opinion of one un named individual is worthy of national reporting....where do we queue up for our two bob's worth AusVotes2019
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EKnightOfficial 'FU*K EVERYONE ELSE! WHAT ABOUT OUR MONEY'
EKnightOfficial The poorer you are the happier you are at the prospect of a Shorten Govt. Why dont you do a story on THAT! The very wealthy people can get over themselves. 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 auspol AusVotes2019 MSM watergate2019
EKnightOfficial A lot nonsense in this one. What have you become SMH?
EKnightOfficial Mad scramble by alot of firms to get longterm EBA's in place to lock in low wages for the next few years .
EKnightOfficial Strange business only call for stability when the Libs are in govt. notstrangeatall
EKnightOfficial They do realise unlike Slomo, Shorten has a MBA ?
EKnightOfficial Yet another vague unsourced fluffy scary piece of diatribe, by all means if you have something specific to say, from an attributable source, go for it, but this blah blah stuff is just mindless pap ...
EKnightOfficial So corporate profits and executive pay grow massively while workers pay stay flatlined. I’d be shitting bricks to if I was them. Pay the workers fairly and lose some tax rorts. OMG
EKnightOfficial Actually, small business is absolutely terrified of Bill Shorten! Labor is destroy small business.
EKnightOfficial Good.
EKnightOfficial According to one individual lol
EKnightOfficial Why are you campaigning so hard for the LNP - oh, that's right, you're owned by a rich person now.
EKnightOfficial 'According to one very wealthy individual' Honestly what garbage reporting is this? Whats the context? Are they a Liberal MP? Member of the Liberal Party? Liberal Party Donor? Rich coal mining magnate? Owner of Newscorp? Seriously this belongs in the bin Be better auspol
EKnightOfficial You do not get rich pruning roses. You get rich by ripping people off, and that includes being a beneficiary to a will, because the practice will be handed down.
EKnightOfficial SMH should pull this story. Without substantive detail to support it presents as little more than conjecture or opinion. Poor form.
EKnightOfficial I find this article incredibly infuriating. We have business leaders concerned about dips in profits, loopholes being closed or actually being taxed proportionately to their actual income. Business do themselves no favour with articles like this.
EKnightOfficial why? to quote old smirky, 'if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear' but they have a lot to hide
EKnightOfficial And it’s about time
EKnightOfficial Thoughts & Prayers...
EKnightOfficial Business isn't afraid of Shorten, the guy who built a career on giving concessions to businesses in the AWU.
EKnightOfficial So. If I am not rich I should vote ❎ Labor? OK. *checks bank balances and assets - not rich Best vote Labor then!
EKnightOfficial Awesome. Do try and elect him then
EKnightOfficial What about reporting how Labor will improve conditions for for non-elite (1%)? Of course when 1% of the Oz population has the same amount of wealth as the bottom 70% they have a very powerful voice. And Peter Costello’s Channel9/Fairfax is a big help in amplifying that voice. 📢
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EKnightOfficial Big business wprried that workers will finally get a good deal and their perfect deal will only be a great deal.
EKnightOfficial Anyone who uses the phrase, “politics of envy” and fears a living wage is a person of very limited morality. auspol
EKnightOfficial Imagine if they had to pay the wages that their workers are worth.. that’s why they are scared.
EKnightOfficial A total shit article by Elizabeth Knight. Looked like a LNP press release. It certainly wasn’t accurate analysis. 9 newspapers total shit.
EKnightOfficial These people have no concept what fear is.
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EKnightOfficial This is all good news
EKnightOfficial The amount of businesses that the liberals have closed would put into question - are the Liberals pro business after all ?
EKnightOfficial Wow - I’ll bet many of us are hearing violins after that statement!
Woods2win EKnightOfficial Because wealthy individuals & their views are so under represented in the media currently .... auspol
EKnightOfficial Greed. Excessive or rapacious desire especially for wealth and possessions. Pretty much sums this boke up. Why don't you interview someone at the other end of the scale. New headline------------------ Why the Poor fear Morrison.
EKnightOfficial LNP be all compassion 😏😎
EKnightOfficial Well, if this is even remotely true I guess we will see who outnumbers who come the election... the rich or the poor. I'm pretty certain that I know the answer.
EKnightOfficial Terrible Terrible journalism. A journalist allowing herself to be the mouthpiece for a bunch of unnamed execs, too weak to put their own views forward. The has gone to 💩
EKnightOfficial The greedy are worried... good. SMH you have zero credibility
EKnightOfficial The rich should be more worried about a LNP victory, because when there's nothing left for the poor to eat they will have to eat the rich.
EKnightOfficial That's good Must be worried they are going to have to behave and pay their way.
EKnightOfficial On dit journalism at its best.
EKnightOfficial Democratic political parties, a selfish economic force and no international favour / favor. Would you do business with a national brand, that is known to be in deficit? Historical: Democratic Labor Party auspol Australia Queensland Victoria UnitedStates UnitedKingdom
EKnightOfficial Bill's team are not even sponsored by Business or Institute in terms of knowledge and know-how on the national economy. Auspol Election2019 Australia Queensland Victoria UnitedStates UnitedKingdom
EKnightOfficial Stop leaning, start lifting.
EKnightOfficial Thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻
EKnightOfficial Probably only those who have not already dealt with him throughout his career ! Like those who have the others have nothing to fear, provided they treat their workers fairly.
EKnightOfficial This is just stupid and illogical comment written for negative reaction! Why is it so? Because the wealthy well realises that if Labor overreached when it came to their finances it would spell disaster for the party in three years time. And Labor's not in a short term game!
EKnightOfficial This the power of democracy. Whilst the inequality gap is substantial, their wealth is concentrated in a small percentage of people. That's why they rely on lies and fear to swing votes their way. It's time for the electorate to take the power back.
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EKnightOfficial Fairfax championing the cause of multi-millionaires. We already have News Corp and the LNP for that.
EKnightOfficial Self interest self-entitlement, no interest in the public good. Leeches.
EKnightOfficial As if that isn't obvious
EKnightOfficial Please they have had 7 years of no wage growth and lower taxes. They have casualised their work force or simply employed labour hire companies. The simple facts are the huge imbalance needs correction. I pay more taxes than some major corporations on less pay than ever
EKnightOfficial And so they should be, they know they've been getting away with murder for the last couple of decades. Time for a rebalancing and the return of the 70% tax rate.
EKnightOfficial Good.
EKnightOfficial 'The richer you are, the more worried you are.' Well I have a simple solution for you: give away most of your wealth - then you'll be worry-free like the rest of us! 😂😂😂
EKnightOfficial I'm done with SMH and fairfax/nine. It has officially joined the propaganda arm of the liberals.
EKnightOfficial If only they were worried about our environment, the destruction of which will cost us all so much more.
EKnightOfficial the rich should be afraid, i agree
EKnightOfficial Why would you assume that anonymous billionaires (a) have any greater insight into the effect of government policies than anyone else or (b) are prepared to give you an assessment based on their honest evaluation rather than their personal preferences?
EKnightOfficial So corruption will be tougher to get away with? That sounds terrible.
EKnightOfficial aaaww diddums 🙄
EKnightOfficial An unnamed Liberal perhaps!!! Always unnamed! What kind of person is worried about a fairer & more equitable society?
EKnightOfficial Wow what a surprise that the greedy find a minute amount of equality frightening. What they fail to realize is that they are in a huge minority!
EKnightOfficial Good. Be afraid. Suffer in ya jocks, Ritchie Rich.
EKnightOfficial 'We can't afford the extra $8 a week per employee x 100' says business owner on equivalent of $200000+ .. I made those figures up, but you get the gist.
EKnightOfficial good
Who amongst us will speak out for the poor and beleaguered rich men?
EKnightOfficial They’re scared of workers earning a living wage but are upset that franking credit refunds will be abolished for multi-millionaire retirees? My heart bleeds.
EKnightOfficial 'the richer you are, the more worried you are' As a single dad with two kids who works for a not-for-profit organisation I can safely say that this is not the case.
EKnightOfficial Comment? Only one way to answer this -BS. Agriculture and horticulture aren't worried and NationalFarmers don't speak for all. They speak for conservative NSW. I believe some state bodies no longer members eg TFGA. Seems Agri-politics needs another Rod Thirkell-Johnston Auspol
EKnightOfficial The corporate elite is worried about a Shorten Govt? And rightly so! Their time of riding the on backs of others needs to end. This election will be nothing but justice.
EKnightOfficial Worried can’t get a second boat for the holiday house.
EKnightOfficial Won’t someone spare a thought for the very wealthy!
EKnightOfficial “According to one very wealthy individual...” What is s/he worried about? Being slightly less “very wealthy”?
EKnightOfficial I'm so sick of these 'opinion' pieces that always states an anonymous person has said this and said that. Don't expect people to believe this nonsense unless the sources are disclosed!
EKnightOfficial So glad the smh was able to ferret out these poor, scared and maligned individuals. It must be terrifying for them.
EKnightOfficial “One very wealthy individual” is your source? Ffs what the hell has happened to the SMH?
EKnightOfficial I'm sure they'll get a ready ear from the electorate about their concerns. PoorLittleRichPeople
EKnightOfficial which is how it should be, since big business has rorted Australia for decades.
EKnightOfficial Is this new news or old gossip?
EKnightOfficial I found an error in your article. I fixed it for you auspol
EKnightOfficial I’m still earning what I did 10 years ago. Wages have not moved except for the top execs huge gaps
EKnightOfficial This article asserts that over the last 20 years the markets has become less stable, and hence big business doesn’t want to take risks. By that logic the next 3/6/9 years under labor should be welcome to them. If not, they should invest in a ‘futures expert’ 😊
EKnightOfficial And i should extend my empathy why? I pay my tax in full. Not just by being lower income (severely limiting access to tax dodging), but i also eschew deductions (personal belief that they are tax dodging)
EKnightOfficial Leaners. The Workers are the Real Lifters in this country. auspol
EKnightOfficial Not me
EKnightOfficial Security for wealthy people is not all about Cayman Island & Tax heavens.
EKnightOfficial Does the ‘one’ own you?!
EKnightOfficial The 'writer' is a amateur hack....look at status. OMG how juvenile. My 3 y.o. could do better about his playgroup....& most of them still crap their pants.💩💩💩
EKnightOfficial What a clinical analysis of the inequities in Australia .... NOT! Any chance of something more than scare mongering?
EKnightOfficial So they are worried about: * “disdain for excessive pay and disgust at the way many have treated their customers.” * “the idea of a living wage is their living nightmare.” *the threat to their own wealth No analysis - anonymous sources. - clickbait rubbish
EKnightOfficial I’m not sure that pointing out that *some* rich people fear the ALP is the vote-loser editors think it is.
EKnightOfficial They've got it wrong, they should be a lot more worried about Mr & Mrs Joe Blow. One day the worms will turn
EKnightOfficial He must be on the right track then if the very small percentage of the very rich who have become that way on the labour and poorly rewarded contribution of the rest of us, are worried.
EKnightOfficial What a shame, have to pay taxes. No more tax evasion: unhindered sending profits offshore to tax havens and bringing offshore ‘losses’ to Australia . The list of rackets is almost endless.
EKnightOfficial A pointless article of repetitive unsourced opinions.
EKnightOfficial This looks very suspiciously like a fabrication. Are you really expecting us to believe he was happy to be “outspoken” against Labor when in government but wants anonymity this time. I’ll call it as bullshit.
EKnightOfficial Far too many opinions being presented as fact.
EKnightOfficial Hopefully labor makes business pay its share of tax.
EKnightOfficial auspol Well the Liberal Party was specifically set up to represent the interests of big business, why is anyone surprised that Big Business supports them? In fact LNP has purely supported interests of big business at the expense of everyone else for years!
EKnightOfficial This guy is big trouble. The PM’s job requires a nobleness of which Shorten has none. Is he the most unpopular politician ever to eye the PM’s role? Fraid so!
EKnightOfficial I feel for him...i worry about paying my utilities and car rego
EKnightOfficial Wow the rich worry about losing a yacht, while the rest worry about simply paying the bills ... what a wonderful world
EKnightOfficial Comment: Fairfax is worthless.
WittaTwitta EKnightOfficial I hear the sound of tiny violins playing.... AusVotes19
EKnightOfficial We should all be afraid of Labor's policies, not just Big Business. After all, Shorten has always found a way to accommodate Big Business. Just remember it was ordinary everyday Australians who suffered as a result of pink batts.
EKnightOfficial If this was even a little bit true, it would be reflected in share prices. I'm not seeing that.
EKnightOfficial Oh dear, how sad, nevermind. Poor people are always worried..always.
EKnightOfficial If the rich fail, so do we all, look at Soviet Russsia and China in the mid 20 th century, and now, their ‘communism’ is an oligarchy for with obscene wealth and power for some , and very little for the rest.
EKnightOfficial So who are all these people wealthy people that talked to you as you didn't name them? Because all the billionaires I've been talking to said it is high time they pay their fair share and they're all voting for Bill. 😅
EKnightOfficial Oh boohoo!
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EKnightOfficial Do you think the rich are more worried than the underpaid, the sick, those with a disability and the homeless? The rich are afraid. What a joke.
EKnightOfficial That's no bad thing. They've had tamecat governments for far too long.
EKnightOfficial Well they aren't concerd about watergate any news on that yet Sydney Herald? Or is Murdoch propaganda more important? Voters are fed up with it!!!!
EKnightOfficial Wow, great sampling set, 1 very rich individual....
EKnightOfficial The 'rich' punting on the margin with everyone elses money paying low interest and with nil scrutiny ..yes the imposters will be worried.But the real business people are looking forward to a stable government that puts australians,not foreigners, first.
EKnightOfficial 'So the Idea of starting a business & turning over a profit is NOT a good thing'?.And Bill Shorten is to blame if my company goes out of business.?Is that the twist your suggesting in your article...really, i worry for you.Dreaming up scare senario's to satisfy your publisher.🤔
EKnightOfficial Oh have a sook.
EKnightOfficial Oh FO
EKnightOfficial Good...they should be afraid...if more fairness and equality is something to be afraid of!
EKnightOfficial I look forward to the day when we hear that all Australians support the objectives of our Government in the interests of all Australians. In the meantime, the political division and bickering will continue and the interests of our country will languish. auspol
EKnightOfficial Be kind to people as you go up the ladder for they are the same ones you'll meet on the way down.
EKnightOfficial If the rich are scared it’s because they have not trickled down not even a little growth was though the roof none of the people below even saw it. What a disgrace.
EKnightOfficial When businesses stopped passing on wage increases in line with productivity, what did they think was going to happen?
EKnightOfficial Wouldn’t all of the reasons given be why we actually need a change?!! I just don’t get the bigwigs who have these ‘worries’ about a living wage. Do you want your workers to live, be able to afford food and medicine, be able to work
EKnightOfficial Those businesses that are booming because they pay their workers a fair day's pay for a fair day's work can hold their heads high with clear conscience. Only the dishonest and immoral are worried.
EKnightOfficial Fortune 500 types were apparently also terrified of an Obama regime, and refused to invest because of their unfounded, 'emotional' based fears. He saved the economy, and their arses, and made them richer. They run on their feels, not what's real. So macho lol
EKnightOfficial What, because you say they are? The men in the big hats, and their paid acolytes, say that? Whyever could that be? Because they paid you to say that?
EKnightOfficial Only the very greedy should worry
EKnightOfficial .That says volumes about their psyches...driven by fear and greed.
EKnightOfficial Because of scare campaigns being run. The rich in Australia are doing just fine. They will continue to do just fine. We need to raise everyone's standard of living.
EKnightOfficial 'Some policies are very worrying. The living wage is a concern - particularly for small business.' is all you need to know about these f**kers. Whoever they are, 'cos there's not one named source and not one detailed policy analysis. Lazy. auspol ausvotes
EKnightOfficial No policy man i will spend your taxes and when i have nothing left i will use your super wake up people and stealing from a successful buisness to pay for votes shows what this man is no policy or structure to take Australia forward
EKnightOfficial I don’t bother with anymore. It’s just the telegraph with a broader vocabulary.
EKnightOfficial This article is really unbecoming of a professional media organisation. Shallow and amateurish. This level of shallowness is not how to establish a news model that will support a pay wall.
EKnightOfficial Ah, the politicsofenvy trope again, a lazy cliche used by the wealthy to dismiss legitimate calls for a more equitable and just society. Another favourite is classwarfare As Warren Buffet said, yes there is class warfare, and his class won AusVotes19 AusVotes2019
EKnightOfficial The richest who have been doing their utmost to profit shift, evade tax, supress wage growth and generally shirking their dues, should be afraid. The rest of us need to rise up.
EKnightOfficial I wouldn't troll on journalists for poor election coverage, but am not above saying SMH is the pits as a newspaper. How low can you go? Pretty low it would seem. Your Coalition bias is showing, dear!
EKnightOfficial Good. How nice for the rich to be worried for a change rather than workers.
EKnightOfficial The rich should be afraid. They have a chance to course-correct here, will they? Probably not.
EKnightOfficial This article goes to show just how corrupt our media has become. Silly attack piece on Labor, much of it just made up.
EKnightOfficial Not a single sourced quote & zero policy analysis. We need & deserve better than this auspol ausvotes19
EKnightOfficial Is big business Australian? Many have their own, more suitable country, to return to on a personal level.
EKnightOfficial '....money in the economy is like blood in the body. There might be a constant amount in a system, but there's a big difference in one's health between it constantly flowing, versus it pooling in one place.' Wealth hoarding is like a cancer on society.
EKnightOfficial According to one person... Bwahahaha! auspol
EKnightOfficial Surprise, surprise! What else would you expect from the big end of town - traditionally bolted on supporters of the Liberal party. And as for the industry groups (eg ACCI, MCA, BCA & AiGroup) - they all have strong links with the Coalition, but won't be saying anything publicly!
EKnightOfficial Monetary greed and financial equity are poor bed fellows because monetary greed feeds on financial inequity.
EKnightOfficial Nothing to worry about you’ll still be rich just a little less so ....... greedy c**ts
EKnightOfficial The very idea that the extraordinarily rich, the self-centred and the greedy should not like the idea of some of the tax they avoid paying be chased up and used for the common good is not very surprising to me.
EKnightOfficial Just because you have a business doesn't mean you're rich. There's rich … and then there's over the top absurdity. All we want is equality...
EKnightOfficial Makes a change from workers being increasingly insecure and pay and conditions declining while services, rent & cost of living rise relentlessly. This is for millions of people, not just an obscenely rich minority. Fuckem.
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EKnightOfficial Business should be looking forward to a Labor government spending more on infrastructure, increasing wages and injecting more cash into the economy. Fattening the fruit won't grow the tree feedtheroots
EKnightOfficial The wealthy will still be wealthy under Bill Shorten ffs...greedy and hysterical, real charming folk these *very* wealthy individuals aren’t they. God forbid someone not starve while looking for work, or get a wheelchair on time, or we all share clean air.... Oh the horror...
EKnightOfficial On balance, Shorten will be a negative for the economy. I’m a hip pocket voter. I just want the best chance to earn a living and then I want to keep what I earn. Shorten wants to tax too much tax. And the Greens will make him take even more.
EKnightOfficial According to ONE wealthy individual ?
envirorealism EKnightOfficial I say to rich people Be afraid Be very afraid We’re coming for your seventh house auspol
EKnightOfficial Bill Shorten is all about the take
EKnightOfficial I'd say Unsustainable Parasitic Greed&self serving are concerned that media press is losing it's power to effectively manipulate shape nations debate FAKE NEWS used so often Majority quickly identify? SO now doing all2vilify social media until recently free from interference
dragonsaerie EKnightOfficial Thank goodness the rich are a small percentage of the population .
EKnightOfficial murdoch and his workers have cranked up the class warfare cryinggame again folks. Get ready workers here they come! The only way to stop the onslaught is to vote his LNPfail Big Business Party out of office. letsdoit auspol
EKnightOfficial Is it the premise of this article that the purpose of government is to help the rich get richer ? This is just the kind of thing the new boss Peter Costello would love . The new era of Labor government for the people can't come soon enough AusVotes2019
EKnightOfficial What was it the Jack Lang / Paul Keating said about self interest ... any sympathy for big business in this country is at a very low ebb. Venal and self serving. The smart ethical companies are keenly awaiting change for stability and sense on energy and climate change auspol
EKnightOfficial They only have something to fear if they are unjust in the treatment of their employees or conduct their affairs illegally. If they are honest, ethical & just, why should they be afraid?
EKnightOfficial Out to steal everyone’s money, especially the elderly retired !
EKnightOfficial If they said these things to a journalist who quoted then they said it publicly so the premise of this article is rubbish.
EKnightOfficial Go get ‘em, Bill! Make these rich bludgers pay their fair share of taxes billshortenmp auspol AusVote2019
EKnightOfficial Why do rich people worry about money?
EKnightOfficial Are these the same big businesses that make profit/income off the hardwork and sweat of their workers? I’d assume so. If so then don’t the workers deserve to have, at the very minimum, a wage that will sustain their lives? I would think it’s immoral to think otherwise.
EKnightOfficial Labor will be good for business. They will pump billions into the economy in health education infrastructure and all this will see the people spend and business will love it.
EKnightOfficial If they are confident in their business- they should not fear a different Govt Inequality WhoMovedmyCheese
EKnightOfficial “According to one very wealthy individual”. Who? Rupert Murdoch, Peter Costello, Angus Taylor 💧💧💧💧
EKnightOfficial Sell outs, that is what has become!!!!
EKnightOfficial Very rich people are concerned they will be slightly less rich under Labor? Wow - what a fucking scoop.
EKnightOfficial Surely AngusTaylorMP has other reasons to be worried. His money is safe in the Caymans. 🏝 The IMF says Australia has one of the fastest rising income inequality rates. The gap between rich and poor has never been so vast. Gordan Gecko got it wrong 💶💰
EKnightOfficial You can see the big end of town in SMH journalism post Nine9 merger.
EKnightOfficial If being rich entails more worries than living in poverty, why not just get rid of all your money and live a worry free life?
EKnightOfficial Is business yearning for the good old days of slave labour?
EKnightOfficial The smh is like another Murdoch rag now
EKnightOfficial If you are on the dole you love Labor
EKnightOfficial Ask the question where’s he getting all his money from ,check the net for shortens wealth ,no ones asking where he got the mill and a half from last year
EKnightOfficial Sheer vacuous drivel.
EKnightOfficial The very wealthy being very concerned......isn’t that a good thing?
EKnightOfficial I'm going to just read the headline and leave it that... I'll put in as much effort as reading it as you did writing it. PS. Not buying the paper tomorrow either, or the next. SMHisbroken
EKnightOfficial Business has struggled under the LNP. Shorten will be a welcome relief, because we will enjoy Stability.
EKnightOfficial Good! That’s why tf we need Labor! Big business are getting richer while ordinary workers are struggling! FOH! Just greedy for no reason 😡
EKnightOfficial & I’m fearful of what a Morrison govt will do to me & fellow citizens. Living standards for the majority are now going backwards, costs up, wages down,corporate profits through the roof & Medicare in LNP crosshairs.But Channel9 voicing only the concerns of the very rich. auspol
janer98 EKnightOfficial FFS this person can FO
EKnightOfficial I am extremely rich and imnot worries
EKnightOfficial “the richer you are, the more worried you are' sort of says it all, doesn't it...
EKnightOfficial . is turning into a propaganda tool for the Liberals. I used to like this outlet as an objective(ish) news source.
EKnightOfficial They don't need to worry, just pay the right amount of tax as to what they earn instead of maximising / minimising their tax and finding every possible loop hole
EKnightOfficial What is this ?
EKnightOfficial Seriously? You call this reporting? One selfish rich shit is worried, spare us this tripe.