Re: Labor win etc...

["< Tell >" <telljb@OZozemail.com.au>]

"Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> 
> I assure you that we anti JK fans as you put it are in a majority, I guess
> the rail gunzel's come back will take some time, we have to open a few
> hospital beds, police stations, schools, make ambulances arrive at the right
> addresses, (hopefully) restore workers rights to Common Law, the list goes
> on.

Somebody had to do something in Victoria after the
Cain/Kirner years, because it was not just effecting
the Vic's, but the rest of Australia, Kennett went too
far, he has paid the price.
 
> Rail is on the list, but if you knew anything about the state of public
> infrastructure in Victoria after Kennett you would see that rail is only
> part of the problem, Kennett set out on a scorched earth policy when it came
> to most of the above, sure we have great football stadiums, motor racing
> circuits, sports stadiums, and casinos and gambling houses but try to get am
> ambulance or get an ambulance to find a hospital bed for you thats another
> story.

I am not impressed with stadiums, racing circuits and
casinos as a measure of "good government".
 
> The sell off of the SEC has resulted in regular power cuts due to
> breakdowns, (Powercorp) in Dimboola, we had a power failure every 2 or 3
> weeks in the first half of last year, some of them lasting hours. I guess we
> could go on forever over the pros and cons of privatisation but in my
> experience of the power industry as a customer I'm not impressed, we will
> have to see how rail pans out.

SEC Victoria were one of the great power generation
authorities, feather bedded and top heavy it may have
been, but could have been fixed.  It was sad what
happened there.  But I remind folks that Loy Yang power
station was sold off to overseas interests before it
produced any power by a Victorian Labor government
before Kennett go in.  He just carried on and flogged
the rest off.  Ordinary folks are still waiting for the
cheap power and better service.
 
> No matter how you look at it, more than 50% of Victorians are celebrating
> the fall of Jeffrey Kennett, after a few inquiries and a Royal Commission or
> two we might have more to celebrate.

Yes it will be interesting.  I can not imagine any
state government wanting to invest and or buy back
railways, how do you unscramble an egg anyway.?

----Terry Burton
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