Coe weeps for the fidelity of the Capital Metro tender process

magiccar9 said :

[Assuming this is correct] Does it really surprise anyone? We’re going to get this rubbish light rail thing regardless of whether it’s feasible or not. The Government hedged all their bets on it during the election, touting what a grand system it would be to – essentially – buy votes. Now we just have to sit back and watch as it all falls to sh*t, just like everything else the Government attempts here.
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I’m not sure that’s the case. The Labor party seem to recognise that it would be an extremely expensive white elephant and are doing their best to delay building it.

Many rail services in Melbourne have been cancelled today and most others have to travel at half speed because of the heat expanding the tracks. Another reason why light rail is not the mass transit solution for Canberra.

[Assuming this is correct] Does it really surprise anyone? We’re going to get this rubbish light rail thing regardless of whether it’s feasible or not. The Government hedged all their bets on it during the election, touting what a grand system it would be to – essentially – buy votes. Now we just have to sit back and watch as it all falls to sh*t, just like everything else the Government attempts here.

Labor, Liberal, or whatever lies in-between, they’re all as bad as each other, and until we cut the grooming system of progression we won’t have any decent ACT Public servants representing us. They all just continue to pass down their habits to those who will follow in their footsteps, and the ‘errors’ will continue to happen.

It’s only hundred of millions (at least) of public funds, so who cares about probity and due process and dreary tedious stuff like that – let’s just follow the tried and true method:

1. Wait for the inevitable stuff-ups to occur

2. Have an “inquiry”

3. Find that no one of any consequence did anything wrong or that they could possibly have known was unwise (inquiry findings to be released late on the afternoon of the day before a long weekend)

4. Promise to learn from the experience

5. Assure the punters that “we are working to ensure….” (insert description of desirable state of affairs)

6. See 1. above

johnboy said :

I love the Liberals thinking I’m picking on them. Might notice I give a fair bit of stick all around.

The stick is not exactly evenly applied…

CraigT said :

It is bloated. It does so little work. It employs so many consultants and contractors to do that very little work. It is rife with corruption, and this goes all the way up to the elected officials who are responsible for making decisions involving supposed tendering processes.

Where is Revolve, for example? What replaced Revolve? What happened to that replacement? Who was responsible? In China, certain familes would most definitely have received an ammunition bill as a result of the Revolve corruption. Here? Nothing.

Shhh. Don’t mention Revolve… some ACT public servants get bowel troubles any time the subject comes up because they know there was corruption from senior staff in the tendering process.

CraigT said :

Where is Revolve, for example? What replaced Revolve? What happened to that replacement? Who was responsible? In China, certain familes would most definitely have received an ammunition bill as a result of the Revolve corruption. Here? Nothing.

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LOL Revolve + corrupt is all true, possibly not the way you are implying though

Anyone want to hear a joke?

White elephant on wheels.

johnboy said :

I love the Liberals thinking I’m picking on them. Might notice I give a fair bit of stick all around.

One day a Tory, the next a left-wing lickspittle.

I wouldn’t do your job for quids. Now I feel like bursting into song from Oliver!…

‘Food, glorious food.’ Is that even remotely appropriate?

Is there any Liberal politician that you don’t have contempt for Johnboy? Talk about a Canberra stereotype.

Anybody who has worked in the Federal public service but not the ACT public service would be absolutely flabbergasted at the ACT public service’s dysfunction.

It is bloated. It does so little work. It employs so many consultants and contractors to do that very little work. It is rife with corruption, and this goes all the way up to the elected officials who are responsible for making decisions involving supposed tendering processes.

Where is Revolve, for example? What replaced Revolve? What happened to that replacement? Who was responsible? In China, certain familes would most definitely have received an ammunition bill as a result of the Revolve corruption. Here? Nothing.

Similar with that car leasing corruption – was it “Rhodium”? In CHina, several of those complete $#@%wits would have been shot out of hand for their part in that shenanigans. Here? Still all on the public tit with non-productive made-up jobs. They don’t even deserve the dole. Dysfunctional and useless, like most of the rest of the ACT public service.