Re: [NSW] Road Knowledge For Dummies Part 3

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
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> Wouldn't say that. You just have to look at Victoria. A) The libs know how
> to market themselves. B) Anything is possible. Jeff Who?? had a very good
> chance of winning last years election, but Jeff Bracks did instead. With
> the current "issues" surrounding Cityrail, I'm sure that's left a really
> unimpressionable mark on the Carr gov't. Then again, I don't really keep
up
> with NSW politics, so are there any other issues that could see Carr
kicked
> out by a backlash of voters at the next election?

The west of Sydney will become very anti-Labor - Carr promised at the 1995
election to remove the tolls from the M4 and M5 - after he was elected, he
found out it would be too costly, and instituted a "CashBack" scheme
instead, where you have to open an account with the toll companies, give
them oyur credit card details, they hit your card to open an account with
them (so you incur interest charges) and every three months you fill out an
application and the government reimburses you. Most people find it to be too
much hassle and don't bother.

BUT - it was announced today that the M4 toll will be going up next week
from $1.60 to $2.20. I can see the Libs making an issue of this in western
and south-western electorates, based on the broken promise to lift the tolls
(despite the fact it was a coalition government which approved the contracts
which made them tollways in the first place).

Feelings are running hot out here (in Penrith at least) as the planned
increase will add $6 per week to the tolls of those travelling to the city
on a daily basis.

Dave