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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14169 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1155 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 3:51pm Quote: Insult is the last refuge of the out-argued Author unknown
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Reply #1156 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 4:06pm

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"

Oscar Wilde.

That's probably the quote you are after.

I don't know, must I teach you people everything. I may not be a "full-time Australian" or whatever that is but it seems my parents chose wisely on schooling eh?

And as we agreed Buzz, you and I are both of the same class too.
I just seem to have done better than you.

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Reply #1157 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 5:05pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Mar 11^th, 2011 at 4:06pm:

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
Oscar Wilde.

That's probably the quote you are after.

I don't know, must I teach you people everything. I may not be a "full-time Australian" or whatever that is but it seems my parents chose wisely on schooling eh?

And as we agreed Buzz, you and I are both of the same class too.I just seem to have done better than you.

Oh .......

FU(K OFF !!!

Have you even convinced YOURSELF ?

The only son of a (greedy) commercial airline pilot and Transvasal "old money" - and the best private education money could buy

Against a single income, casrpener father, and one of four kids in public schools

I've NEVER been quite sure if you'e a

TOTAL FU(K-WIT

or just an attention seeker ?

(And NO, I FOUND the quote I was after)

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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1158 - Mar 11^th, 2011 at 5:40pm Good to see that Buzzard is maintaining his gay-coloured public meltdown. it is going to be a LONG 8/12/16/20 years for you under a victorian liberal govt. And coming soon is a NSW liberal govt to be followed by Libs in every other state AND federal. poor buzz.... will you survive???
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Reply #1159 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 10:46am

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

The development of Victoria’s Water Grid will help Victoria to better manage supply risks. The Sugarloaf Pipeline is an important new addition to this grid and connects Melbourne’s water supply system with the Goulburn River system. It was completed in February 2010.

In 2010, the pipeline will deliver 75 billion litres of water to Melbourne, from several sources.

From 2011 on, the pipeline will deliver Melbourne its share of savings achieved under Stage 1 of the Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP). Once Stage 1 is completed at the end of 2012, it is expected to save an average of 225 billion litres of water a year.

As with all water allocations in Northern Victoria, the actual amount saved each year will vary, depending partly on rainfall and inflow conditions. Savings generated in a year also depend on how much water is delivered and what modernisation works have been completed.

Each year the amount will be split three ways between Melbourne, irrigators and the environment. Melbourne's allocation will be capped at 75 billion litres per year while in 'wet' years, irrigators and the environment could receive greater allocations.

http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/water-grid/sugarloaf

Baillieu government advisers have warned that Melbourne's water supply will come under increasing strain over the next 15 years, just weeks after the government scrapped the high-profile Target 155 policy.

The Living Victoria Ministerial Advisory Council, which is developing the city’s water strategy, said yesterday the strain could lead to environmental damage and rising costs for taxpayers if urgent action is not taken.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/water-supply-strain-warning-20110312-1brn5.htm...

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Reply #1160 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 10:51am

buzzanddidj wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2011 at 7:09am:

LABOR has no regrets about its decision to sign the controversial desalination contract that could cost households up to $24 billion over the next 30 years.

The key architect of the project former Water Minister Tim Holding said

Victorians will thank the Bracks/Brumby government for its decision when the next drought comes.

"I don't expect bouquets for politicians but I think we will be extremely grateful as a city and a state in years to come

we used the time of the drought to diversify our water sources

,'' he said.

"We now have

a rainfall independent source of water

we know there will be dry years in the future and as our population grows this desalination plant will be a city saver. It will save our cities from future droughts and insure the city against population growth.''

Mr Holding also defend the decision to build a big desalination and said he would do the same if he had his time over again.

"It was the lowest cost option,'' he said.

Mr Holding slammed the Coalition government's attacks as being just political point scoring.

He said it is a fixed the price contract at $5.7 billion and that hasn't changed since it was first signed in mid 2009.

"The figures being bandied about our inflation adjusted dollars that seek to calculate the value of a dollar in 30 years time,'' he said.

"They are not relevant it is like asking the cost of a litre of milk in 30 years times, the cost of a loaf of bread in 30 years time... it doesn't provide any meaningful terms for Victorians.''

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melburnians-face-rocketing-water-bills...

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Reply #1161 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 11:02am

Water supply strain warning

March 12, 2011

Baillieu government advisers have warned that Melbourne's water supply will come under increasing strain over the next 15 years, just weeks after the government scrapped the high-profile Target 155 policy.

The Living Victoria Ministerial Advisory Council, which is developing the city’s water strategy, said yesterday the strain could lead to environmental damage and rising costs for taxpayers if urgent action is not taken.

The prediction is contained in its ambitious new plan to save and recycle hundreds of billions of litres to avoid building more costly supply boosting infrastructure.

Water Minister Peter Walsh said he would decide at the end of the month whether Melbourne would retain its stage 2 water restrictions going into winter after record summer rains.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/water-supply-strain-warning-20110312-1brn5.htm...

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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1162 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 11:04am Isnt it time for you to come to the other thread and declare the Morgan Poll wrong or rogue? the rest of your political persuasionare doing that!
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bwood1946 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1598 Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1163 - Mar 12^th, 2011 at 11:06am longweekend58 wrote on Mar 12^th, 2011 at 11:04am: Isnt it time for you to come to the other thread and declare the Morgan Poll wrong or rogue? the rest of your political persuasionare doing that!
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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1164 - Mar 13^th, 2011 at 6:29am Target 155 water policy was a nothing policy. It wasnt enforeble, and was just another ALP spin doctor machine to make it look like they were doing something. Its great they dumped it, all the advertising money can now go to actual policies that do things.
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Reply #1165 - Mar 15^th, 2011 at 5:22pm

Verge wrote on Mar 13^th, 2011 at 6:29am:

Target 155 water policy was a nothing policy. It wasnt enforeble, and was just another ALP spin doctor machine to make it look like they were doing something.

Its great they dumped it, all the advertising money can now go to actual policies that do things.

VICTORIA'S axed water consumption target was directly responsible for saving more than

53 billion litres of drinking water

, according to a report that has put Melbourne's water retailers at odds with the new Coalition government.

Less than a week after Water Minister Peter Walsh axed the Target 155 strategy because he believed it was having little influence on consumption, City West Water boss Anne Barker released a report that credited the scheme with saving almost

eight weeks worth of water supply for the city

.

Continued ...

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/water-issues/dumped-target-155-water...

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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14169 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Baillieu: "We Can Do Better" (or maybe n Reply #1166 - Mar 15^th, 2011 at 5:38pm If ONLY Bailliieu Could stick to running a DO NOTHING GOVERNMENT - instead of a WRECKING GOVERNMENT
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Reply #1167 - Mar 15^th, 2011 at 6:10pm

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 12^th, 2011 at 11:04am:

Isnt it time for you to come to the other thread and declare the Morgan Poll wrong or rogue? the rest of your political persuasionare doing that!

Isn't it time you admitted I was RIGHT - on THIS one - from day one ?
Isn't it time you addressed an ISSUE or two ?
Isn't it time you could respond with something a little stronger than "meltdown" or lame gay taunts ?

Andrei and Verge need your help

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Reply #1168 - Mar 15^th, 2011 at 6:33pm

Baillieu breaks promise that matters

March 10, 2011

AS POLICY promises go, this one was as clear and as significant as they come. '

'Victorian teachers will become the highest paid in Australia,'' Ted Baillieu stated long before he was premier.

The promise was first made in 2008, so The Age made a point of checking the policy just before last year's election. Coalition education spokesman Martin Dixon, now Education Minister,

confirmed the commitment

. The day after his first cabinet meeting, however, Mr Baillieu said talk of such a pay rise reflected ''a commentary that we made in the past''. His government has now signalled it is likely to break the long-standing promise.

The Age has repeatedly despaired at the failure to recognise the link between raising teaching standards and making up the decades-long decline in teachers' status and pay. You get what you pay for. The state's 45,000 teachers are among the lowest paid in Australia, 8 per cent worse off than the best paid, who work in Western Australia. Mr Baillieu's spokesman says teachers will be subject to the 2.5 per cent limit that has been set for public sector wage rises. Anything more must be offset by productivity gains.

Yesterday, Mr Baillieu said: ''I am very keen to get the best possible outcome for teachers through an EBA [enterprise bargaining agreement] process.'' We hope he is true to his word. Nonetheless, it is hard to see how productivity could make up the rest of the increase teachers were promised, especially as it was also Coalition policy that teacher numbers and class sizes would be maintained.

Setting aside a union ambit claim of a 30 per cent pay rise over three years, the Coalition has no excuse for breaking its word - apart, perhaps, from having thought it would not win office and have to implement the policy.

The government did not inherit a budget deficit or hidden ''black holes''

. It did inherit a lean education system, with the state spending $1100 less per student than the national average.

Victoria will ultimately pay a high price for failing to improve the pay and status of teachers. We undervalue the work that teachers do. Lifting teaching standards and pay go together and is very much in the public interest. Reversing a long decline will take time, but it must be done. If the government were to set out a plan to work towards this goal, a plea for patience might be excusable.

Simply breaking a promise so early in its term is unacceptable.

The Baillieu government should not walk away from a policy that is so central to Victoria's future prosperity

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/baillieu-breaks-promise-that-matters-201...

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Reply #1169 - Mar 15^th, 2011 at 7:15pm

SUPPORTERS of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre have vowed to fight on to raise $45 million to finish the hospital, with ambassador Eddie McGuire urging the state government to commit to the project.

The appeal committee met on Thursday to discuss fund-raising after The Sunday Age last week revealed the future of the centre is in doubt, with

the Baillieu government claiming Labor left no money in the budget for its completion

.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mcguire-leads-45m-fight-for-newtonjohn-centre-20110312-1bs90.html

The government did not inherit a budget deficit or hidden ''black holes''

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/baillieu-breaks-promise-that-matters-201...

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