progressiveslol wrote on Dec 15
th, 2011 at 7:54am:
Quote:He is the elected premier of Victoria. Rest assured he will be held to account on election day. Now having already putting public transport fares up, he now turns to increases in vehicle registration. Yes Mr Baillieu, we do take note of what you do.
More like Mr Baillieu can remind the electorate of why they had to pay more for their rego and that reason was the infamous incompetence of a labor government.
Really? So it is ok for Lord TED to promise the world then draw back on all his promises? But he can't blame Labor - he was left with a AAA rating, a modest surplus and no (liberal favourite here) big black hole?
Apart from MYKI - the Labor Party were very good in Victoria for the time they were in -
this mob have failed on EVERY promise addressed to date The State Government will no longer publish a weekly list of mobile speed camera locations, four months after the practice was criticised by the auditor-general.
The Government began publishing the locations online and in the Herald Sun newspaper at the start of the year, fulfilling a key election promise
.
But an auditor-general's report in August found the publication was counter-productive and at odds with the road safety message.
The Herald Sun stopped its publication of camera locations shortly after the report was released and the Government has been reviewing the publication on the Department of Justice website.
The Coalition was highly critical of speed cameras while in opposition, claiming they were "revenue raisers"
, but accepted the auditor-general's findings that they do help to reduce the road toll.The Police Minister, Peter Ryan, says the Government has carefully considered the auditor-general's recommendations.
"Based on findings of the review and taking into consideration the auditor-general's recommendation, the Coalition Government has decided not to continue providing a weekly list of rostered mobile road safety camera locations," he said in a statement.
Opposition spokesman James Merlino says it is an for the Government.
"There's no doubt that the Government has to accept that this was a ," he said."This was never supported by Victoria Police, this was never supported by Victoria's road safety partners, this was always a
found out by the auditor-general and they've finally reversed their decision."