Re: Road Cost Recovery.

[Neill <n2386160@sparrow.qut.edu.au>]

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Barry Campbell wrote:

> 
> Tell wrote in message <6k02m5$sac$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
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> <snip>
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> >I understand that big changes may come to QR, but
> >somehow I doubt the major Qld political parties will
> >allow interstate or overseas outfits to run on their
> >system.  Still you never know.
> >
> >BTW. we get Ch10 TV from Townsville and guess what?,
> >Rob and Pete were up there, and the ALP has promised to
> >move the Townsville railway workshops and employ more
> >people if elected.  As I have said in the past, the
> >only time railways rate with state pollies is when an
> >election is due.!

Exactly Q.r is always a sponsor of things that the government wants
supported, but is not prepared to front up the money itself eg chrusers,
to keep the suncorp alive 

> 
> Yes. Even though QR is corporatised, the pollies can't resist the temptation
> to use it, like other govrenment owned railways, as employment generators
> during election time.
> 
> To their credit, QR is working on becoming more efficient and business like
> but it is hampered by being a very visible arm of government.
> 
> 
> Barry Campbell
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"Never let someone stuff something up for you, when you can stuff it just
as well yourself"

Neill