Well considering that the whole is ruled by a prime minister who fucked off to Hawaii whilst his country was on fire, Melbourne is under stage 4 lockdown, New South Wales is ruled by an incompliant buffoon, and Queensland's premier continues to be a knob mere weeks away from a state election, I suppose now is the best time to start a general all-encompassing thread about state, territory and federal politics in Australia.
The Eastern mainland states have the worst rulers imaginable, from North to South, we have Annastacia Palaszczuk, a knob. I don't like knobs. Then we have my home state of New South Wales, ruled buy Gladys Berejiklian. It wasn't bad enough for Gladys to fuck up the transport department as transport minister, she had to become premier and fuck up the rest of the state, and who can forget Daniel Andrews. **Sigh**, Daniel Andrews, **sigh**. The idiot who signed Victoria up to China's Belt and Road and the ruler of the only state with any community transition of Covid-19 in July, despite having the latest having the strictest March lockdown.
But Daniel Andrews, despite being hopelessly incompetent, at least he's trying, his health minister, Jenny Mikakos, on the other hand, is terrible. Just terrible. And whilst Gladys Berejilklian is incompetent, at least she's trying to help New South Wales, Annastacia Palaszczuk is just a knob. Without being rude, I heard Gladys Berejiklian imply in an interview that whilst she, Dan Andrews and Scott Morrison are all working together with regards to issues about the Victoria-NSW border (which was closed because of Covid-19), Gladys implied that Palascuzuk won't return her calls with regards to the NSW-Queensland borders (which were closed because of Covid-19). Considering how much of a knob Palascuzuk is, I well and truely believe that Gladys is telling the truth about this matter
The final matter I want to discuss is national cabinet. In March 2020, due to Covid-19, Scott Morrison decided to host a biweekly meeting between him (the prime minister) the premiers and chief ministers of all the states and territories to discuss matters which effect the whole country and replaced the biannual equivalent meeting. In my opinion, national cabinet was the best thing that Scomo has done as prime minister, and I do hope that national cabinet continues for as long as long the federation lasts.
Anyways, that's it from me with regards to this OP. If you wish to discuss any matter affecting federal politics in Australia, of the state/territory politics of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard island and McDonald Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory and/or the Coral Sea Islands, but your discussion doesn't warrant its own thread, feel free to post it here
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So this now the Political and Infrastructure discussion thread
One pieces of infrastructure I would like to see is infrastructure in the snowy parts of NSW for people who don't want to go skiing. My idea would take form in both the Snowy Mountains and outside of the Snowy Mountains, where snow is rarer, but still possible. I'd even have a way to make it green and possibly even profitable. I'd consider contacting a property developer, but I'm not sure they'd take me seriously. If someone was interested in such a proposal and capable of doing something, anything about it, I'd share my finer details with them. Part of my proposal too would be quite easy to implement for those who build infrastructure. Sometimes I regret not studying urban planning. It would be very, very easy for infrastructure builders to justify and build such infrastructure. Very easy. Seriously, if you are willing and able to build such infrastructure, please contact me, I'd be happy to share my ideas. Anyway, as I live in Sydney, I am more familiar with the infrastructure of Sydney
The road infrastructure in Sydney is quite horrific and the traffic is bad, which is to be expected from a big city, I suppose. Traffic can be avoided if you use tolls, however, a one way trip from Campbelltown to the CBD will cost you AU$20+ in tolls, and I ain't paying that if I don't have to. Roads outside of Sydney are okay, unless there's a public holiday in summer where everyone wants to go to the beach, or it's snowing in the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains in general aren't equip to handle all the people who travel there from Sydney when it snows. Trains out of Sydney are either 4 or 8 carriages. 4 carriages are mostly used because of a shortage of intercity train carriages, which will get solved as the new trains are introduced. 4 carriage trains, however, are usually standing room only, whilst 8 carriage trains have plenty of room. This is particularly a problem when it's snowing in the Blue Mountains, or when there's a football game at Wollongong, the Central Coast or Newcastle. Why they don't use 8 car trains during these events whilst relegating the other two lines to 4 carriages is beyond me. When I caught the train to see snow in the Blue Mountains in 2019, it was 4 carriages, and we were packed in like sardines, unable to even move to go to the toilet. The Southern Highlands has 2 carriage trains, which is adequate for the region, however, I don't understand why they don't operate all the way to Canberra, and why Canberra has its own trains.
