Election Wrap - 12 September

No Jakez I was having a crack at them. In a previous life I ‘worked’ on the dragway project from a Government perspective and the proponant drove me made. There is no solid need for such an infrastructure project like this when there is a viable alternative 2.5 hours up the highway. Uncle Bill promise dthem one a few years back and now its lead to a ‘political party’.

Last election it was their “I voted for a Dragway’ stickers, funny how at no stage did either major party, nor Green no Indpendant Candidate ever stipulate in their policy support for a Dragway.

Sorry this group really shites me.

Cue flames in 3 … 2 … 1 …

Jonathon Reynolds said :

Simple solution:
If you don’t like what JB has to say you have two options – (a) don’t read it or (b) establish your own site where you can say what you like.

Hmm … as someone who has been told “if you don’t like, don’t read it” a few times on this site, I’d like to point out that it’s a little difficult to find out whether or not one likes it without reading it. And I like the grand majority of this site, as do many others. Certainly enough not to boycott it over a few little upsets, anyway.

Seems a little unfair, somehow.

L

@verbalkint:
Feel free to register… its either lack of exposure for the site or the fact that people will actually have to use their real life details which appears to be the impediment.

Regardless, the National Library PANDORA project have requested to archive the site (after the election) so the main purpose is that it will become a time capsule of the issues (as recorded) for the future.

I just regret being waylaid with the flu going around over the last couple of weeks… it has put a bit of a dent in (meaning: I missed) some of the events I was planning to cover.

I should have Maxine Cooper (Environment Commissioner) presenting on the State of the Environment Report to the GCC cut, editied and up by the end of the weekend with any luck. (Got to find some time to sit down and cut in her powerpoint presentation slides)

MrMagoo said :

The Motorist Party making promises, I only thought they wanted a Dragway and nothing else. Or is that the revenue from traffic infringements going to worthy road projects ie. Dragway.

Are you trying to have a go at them or did you actually believe they were only interested in a dragway?

From the outset they have flagged these types of issues. I have no problem with a dragway per se (I’d prefer it to be privately funded of course), or setting up a system of specifying revenue. It’s the things that they don’t have policies on that concern me. Approaching issues with ‘integrity, fairness, blah blah’ is essentially meaningless and I can’t get behind an unknown horse.

The Motorist Party making promises, I only thought they wanted a Dragway and nothing else. Or is that the revenue from traffic infringements going to worthy road projects ie. Dragway.

ALso, without wishing to be unfair to JR, or his fancy new website (and it does look great) the number of comments on his site (1) is somewhat less than the comments on this website.

So clearly, people seem to prefer their news with a bit of opinion thrown in.

That said, the canberra votes site looks great and will hopefully have a good future!

Given that Mr Reynolds has done it, he can be called many things but ‘hypocrite’ doesn’t appear to be one of them.

Skidbladnir said :

c) Do both.

Funny thing is I try and keep my/the http://CanberraVotes.com site relatively unbiased.
I come here to comment and actually be biased myself – or is that more technically referred to as just “expressing an opinion”.

c) Do both.

Jonathon Reynolds did…

someoneincanb said :

JB please, please, please could you hand the daily Election Wrap over to another person who could report the facts without political bias?

Why? Because you don’t like his bias? If you wan’t generally unbiased news go read articles on the BBC World Service website – though I can almost guarantee that you’ll find very little ACT election content there.

someoneincanb said :

… this is not unique to ACT Liberal. It is an opinion that belongs in the comments, not in your daily coverage of the political scene.

Oh it makes sense now… you don’t like it if JB should say anything mildly anti-Liberal. (I wonder if this applies should he say anything that is offensive to Labor, Greens or supporters of any other political party/persuation)

Simple solution:
If you don’t like what JB has to say you have two options – (a) don’t read it or (b) establish your own site where you can say what you like.

neanderthalsis said :

Loq, by saying that they all suck. Unbiased, opinionated…

Hmm … opinionated yes, but not exactly unbiased. The bias doesn’t have to be against one candidate or another, it can be against all candidates equally – it’s still bias. But it’s outside of the scope of this article, I think 😉

Mind you, I have to agree with the sentiment, anyway!

L

> JB please, please, please could you hand the daily Election Wrap over to another person who could report the facts without political bias?

Funny, I’ve always thought JB displays his political bias the other way around from what you are accusing him of. Could this mean that he actually has been giving us unbiased reporting?

Loq, by saying that they all suck. Unbiased, opinionated…

caf said :

You can be unbiased and opionated at the same time.

Errr … how? Exactly?

L

It seems to me that johnboy’s snark is delivered quite even-handedly. I for one am quite happy to have opinion delivered with the news – I don’t want the same anodyne reportage found elsewhere in an attempt to be unbiased. You can be unbiased and opionated at the same time.

JB please, please, please could you hand the daily Election Wrap over to another person who could report the facts without political bias?

I don’t disagree with your annoyance over policies that are not in writing, but I can guarantee you I am not the only one in the ACT who has found it damn near impossible to get ACT Labor and the Legislative Assembly to provide policies/plans/legislation in writing at times – this is not unique to ACT Liberal. It is an opinion that belongs in the comments, not in your daily coverage of the political scene.

So Katy signed a $30M contract to redevelop closed school sites the day before caretaker?
Stunning…

No matter what one’s thoughts on the issue, a number of the likely players in an incoming governmetn have indicated a shift or possible part reversal. What moral right does the outgoing government have to lock in a decision that might otherwise be reversed?

It is akin to the way Nick Minchin signed the contract for the new DEST headquarters building on Marcus Clarke just days before federal caretaker. And what happened there? DEST was part gutted, part rolled into DEWR. The outcome was that the locked in building will be nowhere near big enough to house the entire Civic staff, let alone everyone stuck out at BBP or those at Woden.

According to the story the Libs policy will be divvied out on a waiting list system based on priority cases.

Personally, I think I like johnboy’s method.