Asquithian said:
short memories...very short memories...it would not be a great day for this state if the libs get in next state election. State liberal, unlike federal liberal, manifestly hopeless.
All people who are in the know... whenever they hear Brogden say something stupid and just shake their heads in shame...simply because he's hopeless and he is going to be our next premier and it's really really sad. From the legal perspective lawyers and legal academics dread a liberal government in NSW simply because they will destroy the criminal common law, tie the hands of the government and push law and order further to the right. I mean Andrew Tink is a fucking madman in terms of law and order. Liberal Justice Ministers in NSW have a reputation for interesting law and order policies.
People seem to ignore the achievements of the Carr government. Sadly it will be remembered as the government that was in power when the rail system finally just gave up...
The only decent state liberal is Barry O'Farrel...Chika was good too...!
Its funny that people can remember back to Whitlam and the mistakes the labor governments made around going back 40 years but no one remembers the mistakes of the liberal party, and cant even remember back a few years...
these comments on law and order all seem a bit rich given that the carr government is in terms of criminal law, probably the most extreme government in post-war history, he has turned law far to the right since the greiner and fahey years. in those years people actually showed some compassion and were able to forgive each other for past sins, rehabilitation was an issue rather than just locking people up and throwing away the key. bob carr's solution to crime problems is just to throw people in jail for as long as possible rather than attempting to SOLVE PROBLEMS of crime. the prison population is at its highest level in nsw history, our prisons are overcrowded (and that is with the many jails that have been constructed by carr), despite this, the prisons are still out of control, with guards having no control over inmates, the police service is at a record size, personal freedoms are now a thing of the past with terrorism legislation, we even have a "navy", in the name of "protection"
as for this landrelease business, the carr government has been constantly destroying sydney. we just create loads of mcmansions on the fringes of sydney destroying the environment. they have no public transport so everyone is forced to use cars creating excess pollution. the planning law is rigged to ensure that shopping strips aren't allowed and carr's mate frank lowy (westfields) is allowed to move in and have a monopoly on shopping, and guess what, the only way to get to these shopping centres is by car, no public transport!
another "achievement" of the carr government is the construction of relatively efficient motorways throughout sydney encouraging a car dependency and moving people away from public transport, creating more pollution. on top of this they have crippled the rail and bus sytems and our need for light rail, as being fought for by clover moore, is being totally ignored
in short bob carr is turning sydney into a car dependent, homogenous, polluted city with out of control crime rates, so much for "achievements"
on top of this our "green" premier wants to build three new coal fired power stations to power the airconditioners of the mcmansions he has created, perhaps he doesn't care about the global warming this will create? he will be dead then, anyway, who cares?
carr doesn't seem interested in sorting out sydney's water supply problems either, is water supply levels keep falling he will no chance of winning the next election and the residents of sydney will be en even more trouble. i doubt he cares, he will be off living in his new zealand mansion.
then again, nothing happens in nsw these days until there is a crisis, and even then the "solutions" only really prolong the crisis