wayneL
VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO!
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Dude, the gumint facilitates it.Like how they butted out of the banks ripping off all and sundry blind (still do) unabated?
Again, look deeper.Andrews, Vic state premier?
Talking federal ICAC hopefully along the lines of the NSW state ICAC.
I'm not.I think this election is the most definitive one in my lifetime, I just am looking forward to the outcome.
Actually, I would like government to butt out as much as possible. Leave us the f*** alone to run our own lives.
I see the pork barrelling is alive and well.
$2.2b would put in a $hit load of E.V charging infrastructure, rather than funding someone's pet rail legacy project.
Or buy out a couple of major power stations.
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It's certainly not getting you me or a lot of NSW,Qld, S.A, NT, W.A and Tassies off the road and I know we are all putting in train tracks. Doesn't Melbourne city centre have an electric tram system already?OK, so it's not a good idea to get cars off the road whether they be ICE or EV's ?
Maybe EV owners would be glad of public transport when they have to pay increased road charges to compensate for the fuel excise they won't be paying to the government. And as we have discussed before, it's inevitable that EV's will be slugged by a levy of some sort to replace lost revenue.
I see the pork barrelling is alive and well.
$2.2b would put in a $hit load of E.V charging infrastructure, or buy out a couple of major power stations, rather than funding someone's pet rail legacy project.
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I'm not agin government involvement in essential public utilities, even government ownership.The government has to take charge of the energy sector otherwise private enterprise will gouge the consumer for all they are worth.
It's an essential service the price of which erupts like a volcano through the economy and society.
The Libs have stuffed it up with their 'free market' ideology and it's time to reign in in. If competition doesn't produce lower prices then the industry has to be regulated.
I didn't realise pork barreling was categorised, I thought it was funneling money to a specific area in order to sway voters. ?Rail infrastructure pork barrelling?
So you prefer car parks... sorry couldn't resist I know you don't.
I didn't realise pork barreling was categorised, I thought it was funneling money to a specific area in order to sway voters. ?
I didn't realise pork barreling was categorised, I thought it was funneling money to a specific area in order to sway voters. ?
Shame he couldn't promise W.A $2b for the airport rail link, that we in W.A are funding, but then again i suppose it depends which pig has the lipstick.
Just saying, some wear an eye patch.
The $2 billion State Government-funded Forrestfield-Airport Link is the transport solution to improve connections to and from Perth Airport, the eastern suburbs and regional centres.
The rail link will connect with the existing Midland line near Bayswater Station and will run to Forrestfield through underground tunnels, to ensure minimal impact on the existing land and road network.
IT is official - WA Premier Colin Barnett will not receive one cent for his promised $4 billion rail projects if Tony Abbott wins the federal election
Governments agree $A10bn funding for Melbourne Airport Rail Link
The Australian federal and Victorian state governments have signed a heads of agreement for a $A 10bn joint commitment to the Melbourne Airport Rail Linkwww.railjournal.com
THE Australian federal and Victorian state governments have signed a heads of agreement which sets out the strategic objectives, governance arrangements and information sharing processes for a $A 10bn ($US 7bn) joint commitment to building the Melbourne Airport Rail Link.
Yep, the only leader of any country, anywhere on the planet, at any time in history, who has ever pork barreled any constituency in any electorate, anywhere.Tony Abbott.
Yes he pulled the funding way back in 2013, we are still trying to build it. ?Tony Abbott.
My appologies, I thought they were two seperate projects, I thought the city loop was an Andrews brain fart, my error.The electric tram system only covers the city - this railway line is a loop to include the airport.
Currently you have to get a bus to go to the airport and that leaves you exposed to the traffic on the Tullamarine Fwy which is basically a shopping centre carpark. It's just not adequate for getting to the airport in the 21st century.
But I thought all this was happening under the Turnbull Govt ? They must have backed out citing expense or a grudge with the Victorian Govt - or both
No it's all good - we had a similar setup with a railway line in Sydney about 20 years ago and it made a big difference.My appologies, I thought they were two seperate projects, I thought the city loop was an Andrews brain fart, my error.
Yes he pulled the funding way back in 2013, we are still trying to build it. ?
What a silly response. How could it be called pork barrelling when the route of the proposed railway traverses both red and blue seats?I see the pork barrelling is alive and well.
$2.2b would put in a $hit load of E.V charging infrastructure, or buy out a couple of major power stations, rather than funding someone's pet rail legacy project.
What silly reasoning, if the seats are marginal or if the project was important enough locally to sway the constituents, it doesn't matter what colour seats they are, tut tut.What a silly response. How could it be called pork barrelling when the route of the proposed railway traverses both red and blue seats?
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