Is this part of the core business of this forum or are we using the
"pantograph loophole"?

Tony P

On Monday, 6 February 2023 at 10:33:11 UTC+11mat...@...
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> On 6/2/23 09:39, Greg Sutherland wrote:

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> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/secret-report-reveals-1-billion-plus-cost-blowout-in-bungled-nsw-trains-project-20230203-p5chpo.html

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> This is just yet another example of TfNSW/Goverment not being an 'informed

> customer'.

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> The opposition is playing 'build them here' card, but we would have just

> had a locally built disaster instead of a foreign built disaster as TfNSW

> appears not to have the expertise to ask the manufactures the right

> questions.

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> The customer (ie TfNSW) needs to order the right equipment for the job. So

> they need to actually know what they need first.

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> There seems to be too much vague 'leave it to the market to offer a

> solution' hand waving going on and not enough hard-core engineering

> analysis of requirements.

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