Dedicated bus lanes to operate on weekdays along Grenfell/Currie Streets and between North Terrace and Grenfell. Car traffic to be reduced to a single lane on these streets during the week, turning options also to be reduced.

EyesAllOnFire · 2012-05-24T08:54:43.667453+00:00

That's because when G10s do arrive, three come at once.

(this has actually happened to me on a number of occasions)

EyesAllOnFire · 1 day

I have the same problem with the G10 (seriously, it has to be one of the worst-performing routes), but catching it from Goodwood Road.

rubaisport · 4 days

The links you have supplied as 'definitive' is an extreme right wing personal blog.

Matt Cowgill is "an extreme right wing" blogger? In what world do you live?

You do know he's an economist for the Australian Council of Trade Unions, right? It's hardly a bastion of Austrian School economics.

rubaisport · 4 days

http://www.ada.edu.au/

You have to sign up for an account, but it's free. You can use the database to access the raw data for the Australian Election Study from 1987 to 2010.

rubaisport · 4 days

My memory of the Australian Election Study data is that supporters of The Greens are most likely to be tertiary educated, with Liberal second, Labor third, and Nationals fourth.

rubaisport · 4 days

Why bring up the current distribution of the GST? That's not what's being debated here, and the fact that WA now gets less than its fair share is acknowledged. What myself and many others in this topic have been stating, however, is that it's a little hypocritical of WA to complain about fair shares considering they were receiving much more than their 'fair share' for a long, long time.

I'll leave you to find the parity, note the massive difference compared to your claim that WA is still a claimant state, although it hasn't been for 50 years?

Point me to where I said that.

For more reading, other than the gov documents I've already linked in this thread: [1] [2] [3]

rubaisport · 4 days

It's not, read this: http://www.cgc.gov.au/publications2/publications/1999_review_report3

rubaisport · 4 days

Look at my post below :)

rubaisport · 4 days

Western Australia was still a 'claimant' state (i.e. one of the very weakest states, along with SA and Tas, needing special assistance) from the Commonwealth Grants Commission through the 1960s.

As recently as the early 90s, as I stated in my previous post, Western Australia was receiving more than its 'fair share' of federal assistance and intra-federation financial transfers. The Commonwealth Grants Commission decides the level of transfers by looking at fiscal capacity 'relativities'.

A relativity above 1 means you're getting more than your fair share, and a relativity below 1 means you're essentially subsidising other states. The relativities, including Medicare Agreeements, for 1993/94 were:

NT: 4.785

TAS: 1.481

SA: 1.222

WA: 1.119

QLD: 1.093

ACT: 0.867

NSW: 0.852

VIC: 0.836

Edit: And as ThunderCuntAU said below: "For some contrast, NSW and Victoria have always been receiving less than a dollar back for every dollar they put in, while WA was receiving parity during 05 and 06. In fact, the first time WA actually received less GST revenue relative to Victoria or NSW was in 2008."

rubaisport · 4 days

It wasn't until the early 90s that WA has been able to stand on its own two feet without assistance.

rubaisport · 4 days

Since 1910 up until the early 90s, essentially. Sources: [1] [2]

rubaisport · 4 days

Piss off.

For decades WA was subsidised on a massive scale by the other states. Now that, owing to the pure luck of being endowed with valuable natural resources, the state has some money of its own, it's acting like a petulant child (or at least its government is).

I wonder what the WA economy is going to look like if Chinese and Indian growth slows.

garykemble · 5 days

Urge to move to Tasmania rising.

Denial23 · 7 days

Public investment in research crowds out private investment. Researchers would rather work for universities, or public research bodies. Industry is really looked down on.

[citation needed]

koalanotbear · 7 days

It was an incredibly good speech. I initially had some doubts about whether Christine Milne could bring as much credibility and oratory skill to the role of leader as Bob Brown did, but she has performed amazingly well. Every speech and media performance I've seen so far has been great.

imsopov · 10 days

Fosters. Fosters everywhere.

anymaninamerica · 11 days

Austin Powers.

DiggSuxNow · 13 days

I answered Menzies; I'd forgotten he lost an election previously.

weasel_trifle · 14 days

If you care about the prestige and international ranking of the uni you get your MBA from, I'd certainly look elsewhere.

dredd · 14 days

Owen Johnston, of Tasmania's Moo Brew, said Independent MP Rob Oakeshott and Greens leader Christine Milne deserve recognition for their work in getting the reforms across the line.

Glad to see the article mention this. It's something that The Greens have been pushing for, for almost four years. And Oakeshott too over the past several months.

It's a great idea by The Greens and Oakeshott because microbreweries do tend to be located in rural/regional areas, and can be responsible for a considerable number of long-term, sustainable jobs. Not to mention it's good for beer geeks everywhere.

hunterlaker · 15 days

Give that girl some freedom fries!

deadcat · 15 days

The rancorous sense of entitlement is overwhelming. If you can't save $25k when your household income is over $100k, learn to manage your finances.

DokterW · 15 days

"It's Christmas time for the DINKS and horror time for families," he said.

... What?

Right, because the major parties are known for pandering to those full-time, childless workers! Not at all competing on the number of times "working families" can be said in one sentence. <end sarcasm>

The focus of both political rhetoric and commentary is always on working families and the mortgage belt. Everyone else - with the possible exception of the elderly, because of their sheer number - are secondary concerns.

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