> On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 18:12:29 +1100, Bob <gioia@bmr.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Up till now they were built in Tamworth which is a former liberal
> >now independant held seat. More jobs for the boys.
>
> If I recall correctly, the contract which ended up with the bus body
> building being performed in Tamworth was issued under a L/NP state
> government. Prior to that they were built largely built in various
> locations in Sydney.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
Just to clarify my point, all government buses between 1967 and 1991
were built at Pressed Metal Corperation at Revesby. In 1992 the then
Liberal State Government awarded the new contract to Ansair. Ansair had
a factory in Melbourne and part of the deal with Sydney was to set up a
new factory in N.S.W. to manufacture the new buses. The prefered site
was around Golbourn as Ansair were also building for buses for Canberra.
The Independant member for Tamworth aparently did a deal with the
minority Liberal Government and the new Ansair plant was built at
Tamworth. The Latest contract has been awarded to Custom Coaches at
Guilford. Hope this makes sense