rev wrote:It actually takes nearly 8 months. They start late November, early December.ghs wrote:Bullshit.However, in line with the demands of the protesters who took NIMBY politics to a new level, Clipsal buildings are temporary; put up and taken down each year during a nine-month period. Amazing, but a fact
A nine month period. It would be a 6 month period at the most. Our events & festivals are better now
than ever before how can he say Adelaide is crumbling.
As for the global companies thing, well SANTOS is the only true Australian company based in Adelaide that can be considered global.
BAE Systems Australia might be HQ'ed in Adelaide, but it comes back down to a point he was making about companies being gobbled up by bigger firms.
BAE Systems Australia is basically the likes of Tennix and other Australian defence firms which were bought out.
ASC really isn't worth mentioning because they haven't actually designed, developed and built anything of their own.
They've just been responsible for building existing designs. The Collins submarines for example are based on a German design. The Hobart destroyers are based on a Spanish design, which in turn is based on an American design.
Don't we still have a negative growth rate? As in more people are still leaving then staying/coming?crawf wrote:Funny that he forgot to mention that population growth is continuing to improve annually
THIS is what I call bullshit.Despite the fact existing sports facilities consist of the god-forsaken, windswept AAMI Stadium and a quaintly out-of-date Adelaide Oval, the debate about a new stadium has been embarrassing. Similarly, plans for a new hospital were derailed for months by a vocal few who chose to ignore the fact that, when built, the hospital could be the most modern and well-equipped in the southern hemisphere.
The AO redevelopment is going ahead, with the move away from AAMI in 4 years time.
The new hospital was never derailed. There was some vocal opposition, but the government never postponed plans for it.
Both projects are going ahead. The debate about the Oval might be embarrassing, but why bash Adelaide over it? The campaign was led by Adelaide Now and associated News Corp papers. Take a swing at them, not the people of Adelaide.
His peek into an alternatively reality tell him this?Melbourne or Perth would have jumped at such a chance, but Adelaide fostered tumbleweeds.
He is writing for a news limited paper..Contributing further to the slowly sinking feeling is the demise of local media. First, Adelaide is a one-newspaper town. A strong and bold press should be one fundamental ingredient of a city's development. The Advertiser carries the burden alone.
Maybe he could give old Rupert a call and get him to move over for Fairfax?
Not overly important but i would like to point out that the Collins Class was a new design, designed by ASC with the assistance of an overseas designer. it was based on an existing Swedish design, but was adapted to meet the vastly different operating environment experienced in Aussie waters. similarly, the AWD design is based on an existing Spanish design (which was in direct competition with the American design). the reason for involving overseas designers is because they have vast experience and knowledge that ASC simply do not have at the moment (similar to the reason why SA are using Spanish desalination plant designers). however, by working closely with these experienced designers, knowledge and skills are slowly transferred to ASC and in time they will hopefully reach the same level as these experienced overseas designers. in fact, during the design of the Collins Class, many Swedish engineers came to Adelaide to assist with the design and loved it so much that they stayed - the ultimate knowledge transfer!
So I guess what i am driving at is that it would be unfortunate to dismiss ASC too quickly, as they really are helping to put Adelaide on the global shipbuilding map, and a nice by-product is that they bring in significant knowledge and experience to our state.