Our leaders are not creating the lucky country, the are creating noinch boodja, dead country.
“It is impossible to conceive a Country that promises fairer from its Situation than this of TERRA AUSTRALIS, no longer
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Opinion
Trading Covid for Cancer
I keep seeing people say Daniel Andrews is putting our health as top priority. That the lockdown, the movement restrictions, the ring around Melbourne, heck our civil liberties smashed, are all for our benefit. But I am cynical. All I see is short term political thinking.
They say a week is…
Victoria’s 50% renewable target, a flight of fancy?
In a world where the appearance of doing SOMETHING, as opposed to actual effective achievement, it comes as no surprise that Daniel Andrews is being hailed a hero.
The last Monday of October witnessed the usual flurry of press releases, selling the story of what the State government is delivering, or aiming…
Planning for the Community
Its 2019. Almost two decades after a local member said “there is the question of upgrading the necessary infrastructure if the site were to be devoted to housing development. For example, Point Cook Road—the road that links the base with the major freeway, the Princes Freeway—is in no way capable of…
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Sim City needed for Actual Planning
Driving to work this morning, couldn’t help but think that years of poor planning, as forced upon us by the State Government, has led to this backlog of work, pain, and delay after delay.
I am sure we will appreciate the effort in the future, although the lack of local job investment…
Affordable Housing, or Unsustainable Growth ?
Once again we see State Government policy putting our needs behind the urge to open up more house lots.
House lots that will attract Stamp Duty for consolidated revenue. House lots far removed from basic services.
Our community needs long term jobs, schools, libraries, police, properly resourced hospitals, TAFE, and so much more….
Our kids need schools
In the growth regions of Melbourne, schools are well behind the population explosion. Many housing estates are being built decades before primary and secondary schools are in place, forcing kids into overcrowded schools and to travel long distances on already congested roads.
Residents in Point Cook, Seabrook and Altona Meadows can see…
Roads Over Capacity
A number of roads in Melbourne’s West are VicRoads assets. This means that duplication and maintenance is out of local council hands. Many are in dire need duplication, despite the current roadworks underway. Point Cook Rd has shovel ready projects underway in this term of government.
But as the initial phase…
Autism Revolution Misses the Mark
As a Dad with a child on the Autism Spectrum, you would expect me to find the Victorian Liberal Parties announcement on Autism Services as a welcome promise. But once again we see policy where the major parties miss the needs for the actual community.
As a policy, it is a positive…