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Australian Housing Policy in your mind. Not our Gov's fault if you can't afford a house.
It's bad but it's not a system that has any single designer nor unity of purpose. astralcodexten.com/p/come-on…
Because the rest of the COM isn't full of more important people in more expensive houses that deserve priority above the rest of us.
Now do corn subsidies.
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The public transport customer experience report they didn't want you to see. But it's now available thanks to a successful FOI request. righttoknow.org.au/request/1… @ptua #springst
You still have to account for the value to Gov in having a 3rd party to point the finger at when things go wrong. It's of huge perceived value to them, albeit zero value to taxpayers.
Disappointing lack of uplift in inner / middle west blackspots (ie.no train service). Nothing planned for Galvin station. Nothing to provide bus services past the currently extremely poor evening and weekend times. Uber required. MM1 links mostly no improvement
[Blog] Victorian state budget 2025. Is the PT service drought finally breaking? There's some encouraging signs here with new investments in train and bus services, mostly in Melbourne's north and west.
melbourneontransit.blogspot.… #springst
It's not trial by media. There has been no trial as the case is still being built - apparently, the only "trial by media" has been due to his own actions in bringing defamation proceedings & appeals.
So it won’t really help - as you claimed. Except for the lucky few. If the project came with comprehensive bans for the inner west as mooted for a couple of lucky areas / roads it would be a different story.
Direct exits... to where? Truck trips in the west aren't between the Ring Road Interchange & Footscray Rd back & forth. Like I said - there is no current Victorian policy or planning that will see reduced truck traffic in Melbourne. Increases are projected across the board.
Literally the only real figure that matters in a sea of anecdotal hard luck stories. The numbers don't lie.
The numbers do not stack up. People like nuclear because they don't have to face the reality that fundamental social / economic change is required to address climate change. Nuclear conveniently ignores that by promising unlimited 24/7 power (at a cost that makes it non viable).
When you treat things as an obligation bar to clear the minimum bar rather than a service. The whole system of transport needs to be broken down and rebuilt from the ground up to serve people.
