Just seems like we pay all these taxes and for what?? Our roads are crap, most systems (health etc) are crap and under funded.. What is our money going to? Julia Gillard has no children and no grip on family life so of course she will scrimp in those areas because its not important to her.
Most roads are state-funded so complain to your state govt about that, the federal highway system is actually pretty fabulous (speaking as one who has driven most of them I actually think we get an awfully good bang for our taxation buck. I am a recent recipient of health care to the tune of many tens of thousands of dollars in the public system. Ok so yes it involved sitting a long time in some pretty boring waiting rooms, but I had state-of-the-art care by specialists who are the best in the game (and who other people pay many thousands of dollars to see privately) and it cost me? NOTHING. Compare this to the US where many people do not get the most basic cancer treatment because they have to argue for months with their insurance companies until finally they DIE, we've got it pretty damn good in this country.