Comments on: My shovel’s better than yours: Rudd v Howard on infrastructure http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fowls http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43209 Fowls Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:03:05 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43209 "Director, Deregulation at the Institute of Public Affairs." I just love the titles these guys give themselves. Alan, you do realise you aren't fooling anybody into thinking that you are a fair dinkum commentator with the title. Or that you are a member of a real "institute." “Director, Deregulation at the Institute of Public Affairs.” I just love the titles these guys give themselves.

Alan, you do realise you aren’t fooling anybody into thinking that you are a fair dinkum commentator with the title. Or that you are a member of a real “institute.”

]]> By: bakerboy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43153 bakerboy Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:01:44 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43153 Don't knock shovel ready. In my home town of Toowoomba there is a shovel ready project of great merit- the bypass road up and over the Toowoomba Range (elevation 710 metres). It includes a 750m metre tunnel at the top (already surveyed and bored) and all other plans are drawn and all permits approved. We just need the $1.7 billion to build it. As well as removing up to a 1000 trucks a day from Toowoomba's CBD, it will massively aid deveopment on the Darling Downs and the Surat energy basin. Alan, pls recommend to Kevin and Wayne. Don’t knock shovel ready. In my home town of Toowoomba there is a shovel ready project of great merit- the bypass road up and over the Toowoomba Range (elevation 710 metres). It includes a 750m metre tunnel at the top (already surveyed and bored) and all other plans are drawn and all permits approved. We just need the $1.7 billion to build it. As well as removing up to a 1000 trucks a day from Toowoomba’s CBD, it will massively aid deveopment on the Darling Downs and the Surat energy basin. Alan, pls recommend to Kevin and Wayne.

]]> By: kebab shop pizza http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43082 kebab shop pizza Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:01:41 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43082 Get a brain, Moran! Get a brain, Moran!

]]> By: Scott http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43080 Scott Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:58:53 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43080 That 14% only includes money spent or promised on roads,rails and ports (see p37 of the report). Bit concerned that the source is "Commonwealth Government Press Releases 2008/2009" though. Surely the budget papers have that info. It does not include school or hospital infrastructure or energy infrastructure. I would have thought schools and hospitals would also count as economic infrastructure (they improve human capital; also part of the production equation of long term economic growth, along with investment in infrastructure and technological advancement), but that is obviously not the BCA's go. That 14% only includes money spent or promised on roads,rails and ports (see p37 of the report). Bit concerned that the source is “Commonwealth Government Press Releases 2008/2009” though. Surely the budget papers have that info. It does not include school or hospital infrastructure or energy infrastructure. I would have thought schools and hospitals would also count as economic infrastructure (they improve human capital; also part of the production equation of long term economic growth, along with investment in infrastructure and technological advancement), but that is obviously not the BCA’s go.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43033 Stilgherrian Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:38:55 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-43033 Sorry, welfare housing is "unnecessary" and "expensive low productivity expenditure" rather than "economic efficiency"? I thought we provided welfare housing because, you know, people in dire circumstances might actually need shelter. Sorry, welfare housing is “unnecessary” and “expensive low productivity expenditure” rather than “economic efficiency”? I thought we provided welfare housing because, you know, people in dire circumstances might actually need shelter.

]]> By: Harry Goldsmith http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-42982 Harry Goldsmith Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:32 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/my-shovels-better-than-yours-rudd-v-howard-on-infrastructure/#comment-42982 I stopped reading when I got to "peddle". I wonder if this chap will ever win a "meddle" for commentary! I stopped reading when I got to “peddle”. I wonder if this chap will ever win a “meddle” for commentary!

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