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Former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr says the Berejiklian government’s eastern suburbs light rail is ‘a bad project’ that replaces ‘a perfectly adequate bus service’. Mr Carr says the project should have been finished in four years, but instead it has stalled, showng that they’re attempting to retrofit a light rail service that isn’t suitable. The light rail is expected to finish in May 2020, a year behind schedule.
Who the hell is Bon Carr to judge he stuffed the public hospitals we’re still suffering from.
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Melbourne's airport rail link to begin construction | Sky News AustraliaScott Morrison and Daniel Andrews will green-light Melbourne’s long-anticipated airport rail link on Wednesday.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Daniel Andrews will sign a heads of agreement in Melbourne, which will formally establish the rail route via a new super-station in the western suburb of Sunshine.\n\nThe plan will involve an extensive 90 kilometre suburban subway rail loop linking the CBD to the airport and outer suburbs like Geelong.\n\nThe project will begin in 2022 and take up to nine years to finish.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia Positive
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Gladys Berejiklian inspects Sydney's underground metro stations | Sky News AustraliaNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has take a look at construction on one of Sydney's new underground metro stations three weeks out from the state election.\n\nMs Berejiklian and Transport Minister Andrew Constance spent Thursday inspecting the construction and speaking to workers at the Martin Place station, which is among 31 stations being constructed across Sydney.\n\nThe station is expected to be up and running by 2024. \n\nImage: Twitter\u002FGladysB\n\n\n\n But she hasn't cut a ribbon in eight years And what, a stadium is the priority? The Left is blind to all the roadworks because they lay on their mums sofa all day
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Labor pledges $200m towards stage two of Canberra light rail projectStage one of Canberra's light rail project cost a cool $707 million, but cost projections for stage two, running from the city centre past Parliament House to Woden, pit construction between $1.3 - $1.6 billion. Where did that 200 m come from ? That’s the thinking that bequeathed us Maralinga! It’s all Australia! It’s all Sacred Ground! Leave it alone! notinourbackyard Will they get stage two completed before Sydney’s tram mess has been cleared up? Good chance.
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EXCLUSIVE: NT govt to scrap plans to replace Don Dale | Sky News AustraliaSky News understands the Northern Territory government will on Wednesday officially scrap its plans to build a new youth justice facility to replace the notorious Don Dale Detention Centre.\n\nThe Gunner government had to shelve its plan to build a new $70 million, state of the art facility in the suburb of Pinelands due to its precarious budget situation.\n\nPreviously the government had said it would close the Don Dale Detention Centre after damning findings from the Royal Commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia Send in the receivers. That decison will cost the government & taxpayer much more. auspol
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Govt is a bad debtor when it comes to NT housing: Gunner | Sky News AustraliaNT Chief Minister Michael Gunner has accused the federal Coalition of being a ‘bad debtor’ when it comes to indigenous housing in the top end.\n\nThis week the Gunner government handed over the leases to 44 remote communities due to a bitter stoush over funding.\n\nThe NT government has accused the Coalition of failing to hold up its end of the $1.1 billion, five-year deal to co-fund the remote indigenous housing program signed by both parties nine months ago.\n\nIndigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has written to the NT government, urging it to come back to the negotiating table.\n\nMr Gunner has told Sky News the federal government is ‘doing nothing’ to help build houses for those people in remote NT communities.\n\n\nImage: News Corp Australia The liberals treat the states and people in need as a last thought not priority .. for the federal government to hold back spending they are committed to do that their budget position looks better for the election shows how low they will go to try and hold onto power.
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NT govt to stop delivering housing services to remote communities | Sky News AustraliaThe Northern Territory Chief Minister says his Government will stop delivering housing services in 44 remote communities at the end of June amid a major funding stoush.\n\nMichael Gunner has written to the four Aboriginal land councils telling them to deal directly with the Federal Government for the release of housing funding.\n\nThe councils have recently sided with the Commonwealth in talks over a new billion dollar deal.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ClrLindaScott Simply stop immigration for two years of your Leftwing numbers and problems solved ClrLindaScott Daley commits to whatever pleases the virtue signalling leftie progressives. Doesn’t mean he’s gonna deliver. ClrLindaScott The answer is actually to relocate to somewhere a bit more pleasant than NSW
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Sky News & The Daily Telegraph to host NSW People's Forum | Sky News AustraliaSky News and The Daily Telegraph will host the People’s Forum on Wednesday March 20, three days out from the NSW Election. \n\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian and Opposition Leader Michael Daley will be questioned LIVE by 100 undecided voters, chosen by Galaxy polling. \n\nSky News Political Editor David Speers will moderate the LIVE one-hour forum from Western Sydney University at 8:00pm AEDT.\n mirandadevine Glady's started knocking down a perfectly good footy stadium days before the election, which is basically help knock down her career of lies & deceit. mirandadevine Are you broadcasting also in social media? Tks mirandadevine Good Old MORON-DA Demoan
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Australia stands in solidarity with NZ following mosque shootings | Sky News AustraliaAustralian leaders are expressing their condolences and grieving with New Zealand following the terror attack in Christchurch that killed 49 and critically injured dozens.\n\nScott Morrison and Bill Shorten are among those to offer support to Australia’s closest ally, with the Prime Minister calling New Zealand ‘family’, and the Opposition Leader condemning the attack as ‘chilling’ and ‘horrifying’.\n\nFlags across Australia will be flown at half mast in a national show of support for victims of the shooting.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ScottMorrisonMP Right-wing? He idolised China. ScottMorrisonMP “The usual suspects in the online Right tying themselves in knots trying to distance themselves from the horror in NZ. No, they've played this game for years. They don't get to walk away when blood is spilled. They own this, with their views, language and rhetoric.” ScottMorrisonMP Ask why such views persist, ask whether there is reason in such views. Many in LNP help each other out in business and politics to the exclusion of others. Many choose to live among people who are similar genetically, culturally, economically.
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Incoming US ambassador vague on Trump visit to Australia | Sky News AustraliaThe incoming United States ambassador has dampened expectations of Donald Trump coming to Australia in the near future, saying the president 'has a busy schedule'.\n\nSpeaking in Canberra on Wednesday, Arthur Culvahouse said the president's schedule was still being negotiated but did expect 'a number of very senior administration officials' to visit Australia this year. \n\nAmbassador Culvahouse has also ramped up pressure on China in the region adding his voice to concerns by Mike Pence about debt trap diplomacy in the Pacific.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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