Certainly, people need the news. The problem is that newspapers only provide some of it, and often that is poor quality in Australia. If someone wants balance and fair discussion of both sides of an issue, then reading the Advertiser doesn't provide that. You have to go online to get other views. On...

How many people here are actually qualified or educated(in the relevant fields) to be able to make submissions to community consultations? Why would those experts, qualified and educated, who are paid, take the advice and opinions of members of the public into consideration if they aren't trained a...

According to the ACC's own figures, less than half of its revenue came from rates. Parking revenue from U-Park (the off street high rise parks) was $30m. approximately. What is of interest in this thread is that this was a jump of $4m. due, according to Council, to people using cars in lieu of train...

monotonehell wrote: I suspect that is the character limit they decided upon for all their timetables, website headers and so on. Consistency is important for us OCD (CDO) types.

You mean AR (@nally Retentive) types, surely?

Errr, How did you translate that to English fishinajar? It does not make much sense at all. If you used Google Translate, it is often better to have the original language version as well, as sometimes readers can get a few more words that way. That's the problem with iPads etc and autocorrect, even ...

Hi Metezcan, some good ideas. The problem with the proposal for tolls is that both political parties at State and Federal levels are excellent tacticians, but hopeless strategists. That is, they can grasp that in the short term they will get advantage by proposing one thing, even though in the long ...

I guess that nowadays an app that lets you plan your trips better is an integral part of the PT task. It is by no means the most important task, but it is now essential.

It is just so much easier to use PT if you have the right app.

Claybro, I am not saying that we have lost (yet) the ability to do detailed tactical planning. That is, we can do the logistical and design planning to implement projects. In fact, many of the projects undertaken are quite good. So, if we decided to put a tramline down Prospect Road, we could do it....

Claybro, I have pointed out many times on this site that successive State governments have reduced the planning capacity of our essential infrastructure services to almost nil. The end point for this is that the State has zero capacity to undertake the necessary planning work. Yes, as you have point...

on a brighter note...demolition of properties in the Hindmarsh area, South of Grange road has commenced with several houses going/gone in the last week. Demolition is also picking up pace along the Croydon section, all on the Western side of south road in both areas. This is a critical milestone in...

Claybro, I feel your pain. I am also on record on this forum for pointing out that starting with Dunstan, when the MATS Plan was abandoned/delayed/buggered up, no government of any stripe for the past almost fifty years has come up with an alternative. :evil: It is why I made the comment I did a few...

Claybro, I would suggest that the requirement for a study came from Canberra. The Feds are looking for deep cuts, and using a study to delay expenditure is the oldest trick in the book.

LOL! A study? Another study? So, just let me see. Study done by the end of 2014. Negotiations between the Feds and the State...hmmmm....if that happens in less than three months, it will be the fastest such negotiation in history. OK, but let's say end March 2015. Then comes the detailed design. You...

Those are good points that Hackett is making Dr Smith.

If the Coalition delivers that instead of FTTN, they might save themselves.

The NBN was once known as the information super highway. Perhaps we could re-name this effort 'The Turnbull Information Southern Expressway'? It goes only one way fast, and the other slow. :banana: It will need to be replaced sooner rather than later at higher cost than doing it right first time. :o...