Phantom wrote:Is this just as likely to be built if a Liberal Government is elected later this year?
I really do kinda fear that this boom in development post-GFC will grind to a halt once Captain Abbott gets elected...
I feel the Phantom has a very valid point,
SA has benefited greatly from the support from the current Federal government and its contribution has probably kept the State afloat.
Off the top of my head there is: the SAMRI, New RAH, Flinders Cancer Centre, New Adelaide Oval, Rail Extensions and Line duplication, Tram Extension, Southern Expressway, Northern Expressway, South Road Super-way, Desal plant and north south desal water pipeline and pumping stations, Adelaide-Glenelg sewage recycling pipeline, Goodwood and Marion rail underpass, new Marion Aquatic Centre, South Road/Anzac Road Bridge, Tech Port and ship lift, Submarines, Frigates, other defence contracts, Holden's Subsidies, new Mega Tafe at Tonsley, New uni Buildings, Super Schools. And to come the new school of Medicine, SAMRI 2/ CSIRO research centre and the NBN roll out.
The loss of such a generous benefactor must be a real and genuine risk not to be just dismissed.
While Abbott has committed to the Tonsley end of South road, other major projects are at risk including SAMRI 2, Medical school/Research centre, the Submarine replacements, Holden's and then there is their idiotic NBN policy of replacing decaying copper with more coper to the home and paying Telstra to use it. Other policy changes could put wind farms and rooftop solar at risk as well.
I believe there if there is a change there is a very real chance we will be cut adrift in favour of the bigger states and loose our chance for new nation building infrastructure, thousands of current manufacturing jobs and also the possibly loose hundreds of millions in GST funding to other states.
SA has been punching above our weight when it comes to gaining federal support and we are in no real position to put this at risk. The only plans I hear from the other side are cuts, cuts and more cuts, I would much rather the nation borrow to pay for infrastructure than to borrow pay unemployment benefits which is just money and lives down the drain.