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No congestion tax without better public transport

November 1, 2008 – 3:43 am

The SMH carries a story today that the disappointing Nathan Rees, having dropped the ball on rail transport, is now going to add an extra burden on peak hour car commuters:
THE Premier has declared he wants cashless tolls on all of Sydney’s major roads so motorists pay varying fees at different times of the day [...]

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Daily Tele details Carr’s rail failures

October 27, 2008 – 5:42 am

Another hard-hitting piece:
TEN years after unveiling its bold transport plan for Sydney, the State Government has failed to build a single one of the five major rail projects it promised.
In a damning indictment, The Daily Telegraph has found that of the five projects outlined by then-premier Bob Carr – fast trains to Newcastle and [...]

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Are you safe to breathe at Sydney’s Town Hall station?

October 14, 2008 – 5:24 pm

Photo lifted from Stilgherrian who has more commentary on the state of our underground trains.

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Rees brings back the spin

October 14, 2008 – 2:54 am

Rees boasted that he would stop the spin, but that was five weeks ago, now:
THE Premier, Nathan Rees, has seconded the nephew of the former police minister Paul Whelan, Jack Whelan, into his office on a $262,651 a year salary.
Having boasted about cutting back on spin, axing media advisers and getting rid of the highly [...]

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Yet another twist in the ‘reform’ of Sydney’s trains

October 8, 2008 – 10:06 am

I hope Nathan Rees can make this work. No-one in the last twenty years has been able to succeed, let’s hope we’re going to turn a corner. I’m not wildly optimistic, but hey?
Sydney desperately needs a public transport system that works. We need it for four reasons:
1. A modern city simply can’t function without great [...]

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