Re: Govt defends fast train spending

[taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker)]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:19:24 +1100, "whitehat"
<whitehat@alphalink.com.au> wrote:

>"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
>sWIQ5.86$3W6.5518@news0.optus.net.au">news:sWIQ5.86$3W6.5518@news0.optus.net.au...
>> The Victorian Government has hit back at opposition claims the Government
>> is spending too much money on regional infrastructure.
>>
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/vic/archive/metvic-16nov2000-8.htm
>
>The report at the link above is slightly misleading. It implies that the
>Victorian opposition opposes fast rural rail links, whereas what I remember
>of the story is that they are opposed to the major blow-out in costs for a
>scheme that was supposed to have been fully costed by Access Economics.
>
>Don't get me wrong. I support fast rail links to the country. I don't carry
>a banner for either the Victorian government or opposition.
>
>I just like my media reporting without 'spin' - particularly when it's from
>the ABC.
>
>whitehat
I'm suprised the Liberals have the nurve to make such complaints after
what happened to them in the last election. Sounds to me like
opposition for opposition's sake!

Tali