Re: NT govt may scuttle Darwin rail

[Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

This is the usual ploy of the right wing red necks to justify spending huge sums
of money on defence. The Indonesians couldn't go two rounds with a revolving
door. There is no real army there. Only the personal armies of individual war
lords and the only thing these thugs can do is kill unarmed civilians. Its no
coincidence that the Indonesian army is based on Prussian military concepts.

Cheers
RJG

Lineman wrote:

> Do you really think the Indonesians will find it any easier to slip in the
> back door than the Japanese 58 years ago? You have not fallen for that old
> story that Australia was saved by the US way back then have you,cause its
> more like the tyranny of distance which rolled the dice in our favour and I
> don't believe that distance has got any shorter.
> And tell me how Indonesia is going to bankroll the development when they are
> beholden to the IMF already,and just quietly having ruffled a few feathers
> there are a few problems with the bank manager which could get some what
> more difficult to resolve.
> John Wayman <trecker@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> 7t3qjp$sp7$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:7t3qjp$sp7$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> > Don't worry,
> >
> > The Indonesian Govt may be more interested in developing this area than
> > Australia, especially when they work out we can't defend it. The area is
> > resource rich with only three roads into it and no rail.
> >
> > Australia will have to pull their finger out and get serious about the
> > north, or lose it all.
> >
> > Maybe Australians will begin to realise this is our gateway to the rest of
> > the world,
> >
> > Cheers :0(
> > John Wayman
> >
> > < Tell > <telljb@OZozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:381333a8.7464022@news.ozemail.com.au...
> > > dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Today's Adelaide Advertiser reports that the NT government may
> withdraw
> > > > from the Alice Springs - Darwin project (taking its $100 million with
> > it)
> > > > over a dispute with the preferred construction tenderer. Chief
> Minister
> > > > Denis Burke says the Asia Pacific Transportation Corporation is not
> > > > pledging enough money to the project.
> > >
> > > Have not heard anything up here, yet.
> > >
> > > > APTC is currently trying to raise $800 million of private invesement.
> > The
> > > > SA and federal oppositions are calling on the Federal government to
> > invest
> > > > moe money in the project.
> > >
> > > Yes, it would seem that the "private" Alice to Darwin
> > > Railway, is very much depended on tax payers money.
> > >
> > > Opposition's promising money is easy, they do not have
> > > to account.  Even when Labor was in power, Bob Hawke
> > > sent David-SRA-Hill up here many years ago, to put the
> > > kybosh on the Alice to Darwin rail.
> > >
> > > Funny how, when the current Labor Opposition, Federal
> > > and South Australian were in government they did
> > > absolutely *nothing* when they were in Government to
> > > build this line.  The Territory government was alone.
> > >
> > > Am I a cynic.?  Yes.  59 years old makes me that way.
> > >
> > > ----Terry Burton
> > > [clear OZ in address for email reply]
> >
> >