Are the SA Government in trouble?

[Ian]

He is kidding no one when they reckon de-contaminating a huge area,shutting down the train system temporarily and building a new hospital is cheaper than rebuilding and making more beds. By spending this money at least we will have something to show for it.

Building a new one will be far less disruptive (for the hospital/patients etc.) than rebuilding the current site and the additional cost of working around an operational hospital to get the job done will add lots of time and mega bucks rebuilding or refurbishing the current site.

[southee]

The tram line.

What a joke. A Government so keen to get people fit. Pour money into childrens education to eat well and exercise 30 minutes a day and we build a extension to take the 15 to 20 minute time it takes to walk to the tram/train.

[Hondo]

The tram line.

What a joke. A Government so keen to get people fit. Pour money into childrens education to eat well and exercise 30 minutes a day and we build a extension to take the 15 to 20 minute time it takes to walk to the tram/train.

Yeah, the elderly and disabled need to get their heart rates up

I must have been mistaken I thought people used the bus down King William Street

And nothing better then tourists catching a tram from the Bay and the line stopping many blocks away from the central train station / city centre

Whole lotta 's

[LaughingKookaburra]

He is kidding no one when they reckon de-contaminating a huge area,shutting down the train system temporarily and building a new hospital is cheaper than rebuilding and making more beds. By spending this money at least we will have something to show for it.

Building a new one will be far less disruptive (for the hospital/patients etc.) than rebuilding the current site and the additional cost of working around an operational hospital to get the job done will add lots of time and mega bucks rebuilding or refurbishing the current site.

And de-contaminating an extremely polluted site will not take much time... Lets not forget deisel powered trains going under a building for sick people......As I said,put it to the people. Lets see what they really want........

[mick]

He is kidding no one when they reckon de-contaminating a huge area,shutting down the train system temporarily and building a new hospital is cheaper than rebuilding and making more beds. By spending this money at least we will have something to show for it.

Building a new one will be far less disruptive (for the hospital/patients etc.) than rebuilding the current site and the additional cost of working around an operational hospital to get the job done will add lots of time and mega bucks rebuilding or refurbishing the current site.

And de-contaminating an extremely polluted site will not take much time... Lets not forget deisel powered trains going under a building for sick people......As I said,put it to the people. Lets see what they really want........

Our own poorman's Robert Mugabe won't allow that

[Ian]

Lets not forget deisel powered trains going under a building for sick people....

and a major hotel, a convention centre etc. etc., and don't we here complaints of fumes all the time from them.............fancy having public transport so close to the states major hospital, trams out the front, trains out the back...........geez, who would think of such a terrible thing

[southee]

The tram line.

What a joke. A Government so keen to get people fit. Pour money into childrens education to eat well and exercise 30 minutes a day and we build a extension to take the 15 to 20 minute time it takes to walk to the tram/train.

Yeah, the elderly and disabled need to get their heart rates up

I must have been mistaken I thought people used the bus down King William Street

And nothing better then tourists catching a tram from the Bay and the line stopping many blocks away from the central train station / city centre

Whole lotta 's

We do have something called a BEE LINE BUS!!!!. Its free and it does the same job...it gets you to rundle mall and the train station.

And with the money they spent on the tram extention...maybe a really good idea was to provide the eldery and disabled with funding for extra health services.....

[Strawb]

The tram line.

What a joke. A Government so keen to get people fit. Pour money into childrens education to eat well and exercise 30 minutes a day and we build a extension to take the 15 to 20 minute time it takes to walk to the tram/train.

Yeah, the elderly and disabled need to get their heart rates up

I must have been mistaken I thought people used the bus down King William Street

And nothing better then tourists catching a tram from the Bay and the line stopping many blocks away from the central train station / city centre

Whole lotta 's

We do have something called a BEE LINE BUS!!!!. Its free and it does the same job...it gets you to rundle mall and the train station.

And with the money they spent on the tram extention...maybe a really good idea was to provide the eldery and disabled with funding for extra health services.....

Typical quote if South Australia Never got rid of trams your network would be as good as Melbourne's. A Tram doesn't create as much pollution as a car or bus does. I prefer trams to buses and when i did live in adelaide I would take the bus or train more often than driving if i could.

[Psyber]

..Typical quote if South Australia Never got rid of trams your network would be as good as Melbourne's. A Tram doesn't create as much pollution as a car or bus does. I prefer trams to buses and when i did live in adelaide I would take the bus or train more often than driving if i could.

Actually, there is all that electrical field pollution which gives me a headache when I drive under the bl..dy things, and the huge pollution cost of generating the electricity with dirty forms of coal use, although you may not notice because of the smoke pollution generated by the "Department of Sustainability and the Environment" rendering the air in Victoria unbreathable all the time..

Melbourne's trams are only of any use to people who can afford to live in the inner areas.The train alternative in Melbourne is unpleasant, dirty, and unreliable, and I wouldn't leave my wife alone at a train station like Boronia trying to catch a train to the city!

[Strawb]

..Typical quote if South Australia Never got rid of trams your network would be as good as Melbourne's. A Tram doesn't create as much pollution as a car or bus does. I prefer trams to buses and when i did live in adelaide I would take the bus or train more often than driving if i could.

Actually, there is all that electrical field pollution which gives me a headache when I drive under the bl..dy things, and the huge pollution cost of generating the electricity with dirty forms of coal use, although you may not notice because of the smoke pollution generated by the "Department of Sustainability and the Environment" rendering the air in Victoria unbreathable all the time..

Melbourne's trams are only of any use to people who can afford to live in the inner areas.The train alternative in Melbourne is unpleasant, dirty, and unreliable, and I wouldn't leave my wife alone at a train station like Boronia trying to catch a train to the city!

I don't blame you there Psyber I live in Werribee and I catch the train to work most days and watch the people all cram into the train by the time we reach Laverton. But with the trams the SA government built a gas burning power plant at Dry creek for the electrification of the rail network and it would have been enough for the trams as well.

[Strawb]

I just got back from Adelaide and I moved away 18 months ago and not alot has f**kin changed ohhh wait triple M has the old mix fm breakfast crew. I cannot believe that the state remains the same. I am paying 3 dollars more for pale Ale here in Werribee. But your petrol was cheaper than melbourne's by 6 cents.

[Hondo]

We do have something called a BEE LINE BUS!!!!. Its free and it does the same job...it gets you to rundle mall and the train station.

And with the money they spent on the tram extention...maybe a really good idea was to provide the eldery and disabled with funding for extra health services.....

Well, apart from the increase in house values along the tram line it now seems that small 1.6km extension has triggered an increase in development plans around that section of the city - as reported in the national financial papers. In fact the article quotes the cost of the extension as "very modest". I guess its all relative I agree at face value $31m could be lumped sum as a grant somewhere but they tend to get lost in department budgets at least the tram line will see some return to the taxpayers in the future if these new development stories are OTM.

[mick]

The current government has chosen the most vindictive and childish plan of action to build a temporary grandstand in Victoria Park, the same size as the the one the council canned and it will be there in various degrees of completeness for most of the year, this is a terrible outcome. If the three stooges, that are the main players in our State cabinet had any balls they would sack the ACC and put up a permanent structure. Why didn't they do it? Because Dr Lomax-Smith would lose her seat in the next election and most probably resign from the government before that election. Terrible decision for political expediency....poor fella my state The welfare of the ALP is more important than making the proper decisions for the state. Norm Foster must be turning in his grave.

[LaughingKookaburra]

The current government has chosen the most vindictive and childish plan of action to build a temporary grandstand in Victoria Park, the same size as the the one the council canned and it will be there in various degrees of completeness for most of the year, this is a terrible outcome. If the three stooges, that are the main players in our State cabinet had any balls they would sack the ACC and put up a permanent structure. Why didn't they do it? Because Dr Lomax-Smith would lose her seat in the next election and most probably resign from the government before that election. Terrible decision for political expediency....poor fella my state The welfare of the ALP is more important than making the proper decisions for the state. Norm Foster must be turning in his grave.

So we will just spend an extra 600 k per year putting up a grandstand to be a smartass to the ACC......Makes sence seeing the government is big about spending excess money atm

[mick]

The Liberals have offered Rann the support he needs in Parliament to get a permanent structure, he won't do it though because Lomax-Smith will walk. She has already broken cabinet solidarity once and she'll do it again, typical champagne socialist tree-hugger.

[Apachebulldog]

Mr Rann is just another lying politician, he will lose the next election because of his workcover policy you do not screw with injured workers pay its bad enough suffering an injury and then going thru rehab and nowto top it off financial worries.

Send him back to New Zealand and let him play with the sheep .

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF !!!!!

[southee]

Mr Rann is just another lying politician, he will lose the next election because of his workcover policy you do not screw with injured workers pay its bad enough suffering an injury and then going thru rehab and nowto top it off financial worries.

Send him back to New Zealand and let him play with the sheep .

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF !!!!!

Now Rann can play with the Pandas!!!

[redden whites]

Now Rann can play with the Pandas!!!

Pretty sure he will have to push Mr Downer out the way 1st. Maybe he was planning on walking them up to the Adelaide Club during a few long lunches for the fellows to play with...(hang on ..are any of them going to be Female or Jewish? maybe not)

[redden whites]

She has already broken cabinet solidarity once and she'll do it again, typical champagne socialist tree-hugger.

Damn those members doing what their constituents want.Who would have thought thats what they are there for
We need more Nick(I want the nuclear waste dumps in my own state ) Minchin types maybe?

[mick]

She has already broken cabinet solidarity once and she'll do it again, typical champagne socialist tree-hugger.

Damn those members doing what their constituents want.Who would have thought thats what they are there for
We need more Nick(I want the nuclear waste dumps in my own state ) Minchin types maybe?

Yes the millionaires that live on East Terrace are her constituents whereas the the working class people in the Northern and Southern suburbs that support her party and enjoy the Clipsal 500 can get stuffed. Not high brow enough for our "socialist" Jane who happens to be quite wealthy herself, she once had her own private pathology company. I wonder if she and hubby are members of the Adelaide Club?