At least Canberra is chucking in something for the Metro project.

The very similar Cross River Rail in Brisbane is getting absolutely nothing!

Why? Because Queensland refuses to be blackmailed into conservative dogma of privatising and selling government assets. And which of those two states has the more stable power supply?

Regards,

On 22 Apr 2019, at 12:22 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

> On 22/04/2019 08:38, Prescott wrote:

> That's a difference between Melbourne and Sydney that's become quite radical in the last decade. To get it going needs a powerhouse government in office and that's what is completely puzzling (to an interstater) about the Andrews government because it's one that should in principle be putting its back into a major commitment. After all, it came into office cancelling the East-West link because it was said to be more important to invest in PT - but then that hasn't happened much subsequently.

>

Did you overlook $11B somewhere?

https://metrotunnel.vic.gov.au/about-the-project/project-benefits

Mal Rowe in a state chronically underfunded by the Commonwealth