IT IS time for all governments to work together to clear the national debt and put Australians back to work. 
This can only be done by allowing Australian companies with Australian workers to develop and exploit our mineral wealth.
For too long, the cream off the top has gone overseas. We must be the only country in the world whose government allows the plundering of national resources. We have earned the gold medal for stupidity. This has to stop.
Forget about the GST. It will not pay off the national debt, but only add to the national pool of misery.
James Quested, Caloundra future jobs worry THE sad reality for many Australians is that financial freedom in retirement will simply be a pipe dream made worse with the Abbott-led government's counterintuitive decision to freeze compulsory super contributions now until possibly 2025.
The increased delay by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison not only places an even greater strain on the future age pension but also on the battered federal Budget.
The more pressing concern is where will future jobs come from to sustain this prolonged employment, especially with people's need to work in retirement and with ageism ever-present in the workforce?
While job appointments should be based on merit, what is there (other than the poorly received Restart program) to entice employers to select a mature worker?Milvio DiBartolomeo, Wellington Point