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One delicious morsel of this electoral smorgasbord is that nobody’s favourite councillor Alexander Hyde looks to have failed in the traditional Liberal sinecure of Waite.

The Gawler line electrification is just about complete, and the north-south motorway is already fully funded, so there's no reason why either of those projects won't be completed by Labor.

More pressingly is what the plan will be for connecting the South-Eastern Freeway to the motorway, although that won't become a political discussion until 2030 once the motorway is completed as we aren't a forward thinking state.

SRW wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:20 pm

One delicious morsel of this electoral smorgasbord is that nobody’s favourite councillor Alexander Hyde looks to have failed in the traditional Liberal sinecure of Waite.

Such great news for the State! Hope for the sake of SA, he is never Liberal leader.

gnrc_louis wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:29 pm

SRW wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:20 pm

One delicious morsel of this electoral smorgasbord is that nobody’s favourite councillor Alexander Hyde looks to have failed in the traditional Liberal sinecure of Waite.

Such great news for the State! Hope for the sake of SA, he is never Liberal leader.

One can only hope he backs it up with another loss at November’s council elections.

In terms of the SA Liberals, the sad takeaway from this election will likely be that the conservatives in the party gain the upper hand over the moderates. It bodes ill for the state if they end up being an opposition like the Vic Libs.

I hope Mali brings back Jay Weatherill's Light Rail network vision. Easily was one of the best ideas up there with the North-South Motorway. Surely both can exist.

For a state election that has been fought with lots of negativity, I do really like how both the Liberal and Labor parties basically refused to turn Covid-19 politics onto each other. Even today our new Premier talking about how looking at Covid-19 policies would be his top priority after being sworn in, but that he wasn't going to commit to any particular approach or changes until getting all the information he would now have in government.

HiTouch wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:23 pm

I hope Mali brings back Jay Weatherill's Light Rail network vision. Easily was one of the best ideas up there with the North-South Motorway. Surely both can exist.

I think it's a good policy, but will likely be something for a second term.

This first term will be all about health, getting progress made on the green hydrogen infrastructure, and their other election promises.

Nort wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:24 pm

HiTouch wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:23 pm

I hope Mali brings back Jay Weatherill's Light Rail network vision. Easily was one of the best ideas up there with the North-South Motorway. Surely both can exist.

I think it's a good policy, but will likely be something for a second term.

This first term will be all about health, getting progress made on the green hydrogen infrastructure, and their other election promises.

I think it would be good to have tram extension plans moving through InfrastructureSA though, in case either of the federal parties wants to throw some money at something for the coming federal election (perhaps the issues around oil might push them to consider public transport investment as part of a response.)

Agreed with Nathan, they shouldn't wait to use it for a second term bid, they should get the ball rolling ASAP.
No reason other then politics why they can't have the first stages of a wider network U/C by the time the next state election comes around.

They also need to get a move on and look at how to connect the NSM with the SEF.
Maybe take it a step further and look at creating a proper motorway ring route.

HiTouch wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:23 pm

I hope Mali brings back Jay Weatherill's Light Rail network vision. Easily was one of the best ideas up there with the North-South Motorway. Surely both can exist.

Lets hope that Mali doesn’t get any ideas from Jay Weatherill in terms of keeping the
Electricity supply stable lol

Are you going to pay for a light rail network ?

The cost is huge and is probably as useful as Marshall’s $662 million basketball stadium.

rev wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:05 pm

Agreed with Nathan, they shouldn't wait to use it for a second term bid, they should get the ball rolling ASAP.
No reason other then politics why they can't have the first stages of a wider network U/C by the time the next state election comes around.

They also need to get a move on and look at how to connect the NSM with the SEF.
Maybe take it a step further and look at creating a proper motorway ring route.

With what money though? With the extraordinary amount of money being spent on health, there will only be a trickle left to go towards infrastructure and other economy-growing projects and initiatives.

A-Town wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:11 pm

rev wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:05 pm

Agreed with Nathan, they shouldn't wait to use it for a second term bid, they should get the ball rolling ASAP.
No reason other then politics why they can't have the first stages of a wider network U/C by the time the next state election comes around.

They also need to get a move on and look at how to connect the NSM with the SEF.
Maybe take it a step further and look at creating a proper motorway ring route.

With what money though? With the extraordinary amount of money being spent on health, there will only be a trickle left to go towards infrastructure and other economy-growing projects and initiatives.

Federal money

ghs wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:26 pm

HiTouch wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:23 pm

I hope Mali brings back Jay Weatherill's Light Rail network vision. Easily was one of the best ideas up there with the North-South Motorway. Surely both can exist.

Lets hope that Mali doesn’t get any ideas from Jay Weatherill in terms of keeping the
Electricity supply stable lol

Are you going to pay for a light rail network ?

The cost is huge and is probably as useful as Marshall’s $662 million basketball stadium.

Yes! In fact, thanks to the Federal funding, you and my tax money, we will all pay for the light rail network. Taxes should go to useful things such as effective road and public transport infrastructure. The difference between a basketball stadium and a tram network is that a tram network eases congestion off the road and increases commute and access to urban centres. Basketball stadiums don't do that ghs. They are basketball stadiums. They are big and don't move or increase efficiency. ghs, did you know that basketball stadiums aren't considered infrastructure for this reason? It would be a waste of money making a basketball stadium with wheels to consider it as infrastructure as well. That's why it doesn't happen. It's the difference between a waste of money and a good investment.

A-Town wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:11 pm

rev wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:05 pm

Agreed with Nathan, they shouldn't wait to use it for a second term bid, they should get the ball rolling ASAP.
No reason other then politics why they can't have the first stages of a wider network U/C by the time the next state election comes around.

They also need to get a move on and look at how to connect the NSM with the SEF.
Maybe take it a step further and look at creating a proper motorway ring route.

With what money though? With the extraordinary amount of money being spent on health, there will only be a trickle left to go towards infrastructure and other economy-growing projects and initiatives.

Federal funding, borrowing/debt.
It doesn't get paid for up front. If its going to take four years to build, it gets paid for across that time frame.

Our state debt to gsp ratio is relatively low still, so they can still borrow money especially to fund infrastructure, and our states credit rating isn't too bad either.

And, if we're short, perhaps politicians can take a pay cut, or live off a regular pension like rest of us will have to, instead of the $200,000 plus that politicians like Rob Lucas will get.

rev wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:10 am

A-Town wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:11 pm

rev wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:05 pm

Agreed with Nathan, they shouldn't wait to use it for a second term bid, they should get the ball rolling ASAP.
No reason other then politics why they can't have the first stages of a wider network U/C by the time the next state election comes around.

They also need to get a move on and look at how to connect the NSM with the SEF.
Maybe take it a step further and look at creating a proper motorway ring route.

With what money though? With the extraordinary amount of money being spent on health, there will only be a trickle left to go towards infrastructure and other economy-growing projects and initiatives.

Federal funding, borrowing/debt.
It doesn't get paid for up front. If its going to take four years to build, it gets paid for across that time frame.

Our state debt to gsp ratio is relatively low still, so they can still borrow money especially to fund infrastructure, and our states credit rating isn't too bad either.

And, if we're short, perhaps politicians can take a pay cut, or live off a regular pension like rest of us will have to, instead of the $200,000 plus that politicians like Rob Lucas will get.

Also, ghs and I will pay for it through our taxes. We are willing to pay for good investments.