Vic Daniel Andrews and the Statue of Limitations

[peetoo]

Costs are similar in UK to here..

200 mill is not much these days. Very creative accounting if thy can actually bring it in at that

 

[peetoo]

Was the captain of Costa Concordia who abandoned the sinking vessel undefeated?

Great equivalence

 

[Gralin]

I mean Scotland hosted 10 years ago and are only planning on a revised schedule of 10 events.

They're trying to do it largely with their existing infrastructure from last time and the money we paid to get out of the contract via a smaller games

 

[NSWCROW]

Was the captain of Costa Concordia who abandoned the sinking vessel undefeated?

How many elections has he contested ?? lol

 

[Chief]

Yikes

The Scottish games people are claiming it will only cost them $220m to host??

 

[Sttew]

I mean Scotland hosted 10 years ago and are only planning on a revised schedule of 10 events.

They're trying to do it largely with their existing infrastructure from last time and the money we paid to get out of the contract via a smaller games

Why didn’t Dan consider that for Melbourne? Why was it all or nothing for the city this government’s tourism agency promotes as the “sporting capital” of the world?

 

[Gralin]

Why didn’t Dan consider that for Melbourne? Why was it all or nothing for the city this government’s tourism agency promotes as the “sporting capital” of the world?

You would have to ask Dan that one Sttew I wouldn't have the foggiest nor do I actually care

 

[Demons09]

Victoria 15million in debt a day will be 25million by 2027 heaps of Vics up North that i spoke to couldn’t wait to get out of that shithole, that’s the debt the messiah left them in.

 

[Gralin]

Imagine if states didn't sell off and privatise all of their revenue generating assets.....

 

[Rob R]

Why didn’t Dan consider that for Melbourne? Why was it all or nothing for the city this government’s tourism agency promotes as the “sporting capital” of the world?

Absent a Royal Commisson or a properly reosurced and empowered NACC, we will never know why Dan did so many things and never seemed to know who made the bad decisions.

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[peetoo]

This is more about how the media is presenting stuff than dans ‘stuff up’

But the glasgow thing is a proposal not an finished product and there seems to be politicking going on there too

It will cost a fraction of the cost because the size will be a fraction of the original. Not sure the comm games would have allowed victoria to to do that. They have had to cut their cloth accordingly

Glasgow Commonwealth Games would cost tiny fraction of Victoria’s

Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.

www.theage.com.au

 

[tandino]

It will cost a fraction of the cost because the size will be a fraction of the original. Not sure the comm games would have allowed victoria to to do that. They have had to cut their cloth accordingly

CGF begged Victoria to host it, so we are told. Hard to believe they would be in a position to demand anything.

 

[Sttew]

This is more about how the media is presenting stuff than dans ‘stuff up’

But the glasgow thing is a proposal not an finished product and there seems to be politicking going on there too

It will cost a fraction of the cost because the size will be a fraction of the original. Not sure the comm games would have allowed victoria to to do that. They have had to cut their cloth accordingly

Glasgow Commonwealth Games would cost tiny fraction of Victoria’s

Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.

www.theage.com.au

At $7B the Victorian games would have been 35 times bigger than Glasgow?

 

[peetoo]

At $7B the Victorian games would have been 35 times bigger than Glasgow?

Victoria is the size of britain. Anyway it’s a proposal only

 

[_Mike_]

$600 million taxpayers money down the drain for the failed Comm Games

East-West link cancelled, The total cost of the termination settlement was $642 million, despite Andrews' election pledge that the contract could be ripped up at no cost because it was not worth the paper it was written on.

Victoria has spent at least $67 million to delay Melbourne’s long-awaited rail link to Tullamarine, paying contractors for standing down until the state resolves its stalemate with the airport, with a further 4 year delay in completion

North-East link cost has blown out to $10B, more than 2x the projected costs

trends....

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Gets worse for tax payers if Melbourne wins the 2030 gay games, estimated to cost almost 600 million to host.

Melbourne shortlisted among seven potential host cities for the 2030 Gay Games

Despite Victoria bailing on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in a move costing taxpayers almost $600 million, the state has been shortlisted to host another major event.

amp.abc.net.au

 

[Sttew]

Gets worse for tax payers if Melbourne wins the 2030 gay games, estimated to cost almost 600 million to host.

Melbourne shortlisted among seven potential host cities for the 2030 Gay Games

Despite Victoria bailing on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in a move costing taxpayers almost $600 million, the state has been shortlisted to host another major event.

amp.abc.net.au

Raises at least two questions How can Victoria afford this? And, who in their right mind would award an event like this to Victoria while this government is in power?

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Raises at least two questions How can Victoria afford this? And, who in their right mind would award an event like this to like to Victoria while this government is in power?

Can only assume the Sydney Mardi Gra brings in international visitors and tourist $$ and the Victorian government forecasts the gay games will be like that except 2 weeks of tourist spending.

 

[Rob R]

Raises at least two questions How can Victoria afford this? And, who in their right mind would award an event like this to Victoria while this government is in power?

Victoria cannot afford it but since when has that mattered.to the ALP especially when they are worried about losing support to the Greens given how inconsistent they are with that community. The organisers won't care as long as they get their junkets like the AOC etc

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[burge13]

Gets worse for tax payers if Melbourne wins the 2030 gay games, estimated to cost almost 600 million to host.

Melbourne shortlisted among seven potential host cities for the 2030 Gay Games

Despite Victoria bailing on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in a move costing taxpayers almost $600 million, the state has been shortlisted to host another major event.

amp.abc.net.au

Just LOL at "gay games" even being a thing let alone something that needs to cost $600m to host. What a sham

 

[_Mike_]

Raises at least two questions How can Victoria afford this? And, who in their right mind would award an event like this to Victoria while this government is in power?

In the Budget handed down in May the Victorian state debt was projected to reach $156.2 billion at June 25. I cant track down current numbers as to where the #'s are now although it was at $115B, however the daily interest repayments on the current debt are somewhere around $20M AUD.

Then they want to spend another $35B on the suburban rail link which by the time it's completed will cost close to double, based on how current and recent projects have ran. The new Metro tunnel was budgeted at $10.9B, costs are now at $15b and it still hasnt been completed.

The state is financially ****ed because of the incompetence of the government and it's inability to manage finances.

 

[Sttew]

In the Budget handed down in May the Victorian state debt was projected to reach $156.2 billion at June 25. I cant track down current numbers as to where the #'s are now although it was at $115B, however the daily interest repayments on the current debt are somewhere around $20M AUD.

Then they want to spend another $35B on the suburban rail link which by the time it's completed will cost close to double, based on how current and recent projects have ran. The new Metro tunnel was budgeted at $10.9B, costs are now at $15b and it still hasnt been completed.

The state is financially ****ed because of the incompetence of the government and it's inability to manage finances.

And we hear this morning that back in June, 'Tootsie' Thomas, the Health Minister, had to plead with Tim Pallas to release $440M emergency funds so that salaries in public hospitals could be paid.

At a press conference last week Heide Murphy asked Danny Pearson why anyone should believe SRL will come in on budget when no other Andrews / Allen government project has. His response was "we've factored in all possible cost contingencies so we are confident it will come in on budget". Right!!!!

 

[_Mike_]

And we hear this morning that back in June, 'Tootsie' Thomas, the Health Minister, had to plead with Tim Pallas to release $440M emergency funds so that salaries in public hospitals could be paid.

At a press conference last week Heide Murphy asked Danny Pearson why anyone should believe SRL will come in on budget when no other Andrews / Allen government project has. His response was "we've factored in all possible cost contingencies so we are confident it will come in on budget". Right!!!!

Institute of public affairs alleges that:

• Victorian government spending has grown by 59 per cent – more than double the economic growth rate – in the same period.
• State government debt has grown by 415 per cent – a rate almost fifteen times the growth of the economy – in the same period.

Debt Bomb To Leave Victorian Economy In Tatters For Generations

“The Victorian state budget demonstrates the consequences of a decade of reckless and irresponsible economic management. Generations of Victorians are going to be left with a bill they will have to pay with little, if anything, to show for it,” said Daniel Wild

ipa.org.au

 

[Not Important]

stephen mayne worked for kenett so he is well-placed to know what a blowhard he is. silly old jeff is as always full of piss and wind.

All very well to bag Dan's record as Vic Premier, but this Herald Sun campaign Jeff Kennett is running to get his AC removed is just petty. Doesn't he have better things to do with his time?

 

[Sttew]

stephen mayne worked for kenett so he is well-placed to know what a blowhard he is. silly old jeff is as always full of piss and wind.

Your hero, Teflon Dan, consistently demonstrated his utter inability to be held accountable for his decisions whilst in power, walked away unscathed leaving others to mop up his mess, the state in an absolute shambles and Dan having to answer to none of it.

And all you can post is something that isn't news and nobody really cares about it. So typical.