My hope for the future is that the Libs don’t read the vibe of the electorate and move even further to the right. That might put them in the wilderness for a generation. If they don’t learn from this, they never will. They need to return to being the centre right party they are supposed to be. But I'm tipping Uncle Rupert won't agree to this.
TigerForce said:
What's up with you Easterners? All whinging about Sky Rail and yet they vote for Dan's party. :hihi
Small vocal minority when the vast majority were for it. its the same here in Essendon with a bunch of vocal grandmas protesting against the Buckley St level crossing and even brought in their own independent candidate (who couldn’t even win 5% of the vote). the same is also happening in Coburg where skyrail the whole way through is the biggest no brainer of all time.
tigerman said:
Scrapping the East West Link and getting rid of the level crossings has been a winner for the Andrews government.
lets hope this means we have seen the last of the EW Link.
Ridley said:
I’m old enough to remember rust belt Victoria in the Cain and Kirner years. Trams striking and clogging city roads for days. Unemployment through the roof. Lay offs and redundancies everywhere.
I actually think Andrews is doing okay. I just hope he is strong enough to resist the overtures of union militancy now he has a big mandate. Remain moderate and balanced.
union militancy to the extent you suggested doesn't exist anymore. when is the last time we seen these types of strikes? that’s just more scaremongering that the people on the street don’t believe. but when wage growth is as low as its ever been, you know the rules are far too in favour of big business.
Brodders17 said:
There might have been a bit of a backlash against the party cos of their preferences. They preferenced a few right wing parties ahead of more progressive parties.
this exactly. Fiona Patten is a fantastic politician, but she choose to preference the DLP over parties such as the socialists. and she paid for it.
MD Jazz said:
I did note in interviews after the election Dan was talking about reform. About getting things done. About fixing problems with schools, hospitals and public transport. Given labour have been in charge 19 of the last 23 years why are there so many issues? Why don't we have better infrastructure? Did the libs stuff it all up in their 4 years in power?
because we are decades behind in infrastructure. Even the metro rail tunnel and airport rail link won’t bring us back to parity. Sydney eliminated their level crossings in the 1930’s. think about that for a second…