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Friday, July 16, 2004
The following entry has been rated "f" for excessive use of the word.
What in the fucking hell do the state government do with our money?
The State Government (NSW) has sold almost all of its assets. Sydneywater, Staterail, Cityrail are almost entirely privately owned or operated - the money from the assets should still be in their accounts, and if they're not, addmitingly you can't make money from something you don't own, BUT, you can't lose money either so at worst case scenario it should be a nil to slight loss for them.
The hospitals are falling apart. The education system is pretty dismal at the moment - even taking into account the damn near 40% pay increase the whinging teachers have gotten the past five (5) years that still couldn't be bleeding the state dry, afterall, there's not that many teachers - so where the fuck is all our money going?
Most of the large road projects eg. Sydney tunnel, tollroads etc are being undertaken by private industry for the state and they are going to make their money back by charging tolls etc for the next billion years. So the state government is shelling out bugger all money on the large projects at the moment. The federal government chips in for all of the large projects that private enterprise aren't doing.
The state government is selling off all of its national parks (that it created I might add) to the timber industry - so it's going to be making money with all of that. They were meant to have a budget surplus of shitloads. They're selling off everything they own for more money. They have all this money sitting around somewhere - but where the hell is it all going to? What the fuck are they spending it on?
They've cut back funding by up to half in most of the government departments - they merged them all and then halved their funding, places like, the EPA and the NPWS are now the DEC - in a time when environmental law is becoming the most stringent they half the funding to the enforcers of the policy?
Their official word is that 3/4 of their money is going into rural roads - but what roads? In my area and the surrounding areas most of the road projects are being funded by the federal government, private enterprise or council. It's ok to say that the state government usually gives council funding for projects, which is true, but not recently - funding has 1/4'ered compared to previous years. The remainder of the money is being split up into other areas - another major project is disaster relief, that is, anti-terrorist measures, firefighting, etc. After my Bourke "incident" I've realise that the emergency services are getting less funding and training than they used to - they said this themselves. So NOW I know it's not going there, or if is it, it's getting poorly used.
So the government who has more money than ever before is spending it on what? Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone at all? Maybe? Perhaps?
What in the fucking hell do the state government do with our money?
The State Government (NSW) has sold almost all of its assets. Sydneywater, Staterail, Cityrail are almost entirely privately owned or operated - the money from the assets should still be in their accounts, and if they're not, addmitingly you can't make money from something you don't own, BUT, you can't lose money either so at worst case scenario it should be a nil to slight loss for them.
The hospitals are falling apart. The education system is pretty dismal at the moment - even taking into account the damn near 40% pay increase the whinging teachers have gotten the past five (5) years that still couldn't be bleeding the state dry, afterall, there's not that many teachers - so where the fuck is all our money going?
Most of the large road projects eg. Sydney tunnel, tollroads etc are being undertaken by private industry for the state and they are going to make their money back by charging tolls etc for the next billion years. So the state government is shelling out bugger all money on the large projects at the moment. The federal government chips in for all of the large projects that private enterprise aren't doing.
The state government is selling off all of its national parks (that it created I might add) to the timber industry - so it's going to be making money with all of that. They were meant to have a budget surplus of shitloads. They're selling off everything they own for more money. They have all this money sitting around somewhere - but where the hell is it all going to? What the fuck are they spending it on?
They've cut back funding by up to half in most of the government departments - they merged them all and then halved their funding, places like, the EPA and the NPWS are now the DEC - in a time when environmental law is becoming the most stringent they half the funding to the enforcers of the policy?
Their official word is that 3/4 of their money is going into rural roads - but what roads? In my area and the surrounding areas most of the road projects are being funded by the federal government, private enterprise or council. It's ok to say that the state government usually gives council funding for projects, which is true, but not recently - funding has 1/4'ered compared to previous years. The remainder of the money is being split up into other areas - another major project is disaster relief, that is, anti-terrorist measures, firefighting, etc. After my Bourke "incident" I've realise that the emergency services are getting less funding and training than they used to - they said this themselves. So NOW I know it's not going there, or if is it, it's getting poorly used.
So the government who has more money than ever before is spending it on what? Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone at all? Maybe? Perhaps?
Comments:
If you are going to have a rant then at least check your supporting facts, especially those that appear in the first few sentences of your argument:
1. Sydney Water IS State owned and operated.
Sydney Water is "a statutory State owned corporation, wholly owned by the people of New South Wales" (Sydney Water Corporations website).
It is true Sydney Water was changed from a State Department/Board to a Corporation in order to get it ready for eventual privitisation, however that has been put on the back burner as Sydney faces the current water crisis.
2. State Rail no longer exists: "RailCorp merges the State Rail Authority of NSW (StateRail) and the metropolitan functions of the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC)". RailCorp IS a state-owned corporation.
(RailCorp website)
3. CityRail IS State owned and operated.
CityRail and CountryLink are two independent services operating under Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp). RailCorp is the government agency responsible for all passenger rail services in NSW.(CityRail website).
1. Sydney Water IS State owned and operated.
Sydney Water is "a statutory State owned corporation, wholly owned by the people of New South Wales" (Sydney Water Corporations website).
It is true Sydney Water was changed from a State Department/Board to a Corporation in order to get it ready for eventual privitisation, however that has been put on the back burner as Sydney faces the current water crisis.
2. State Rail no longer exists: "RailCorp merges the State Rail Authority of NSW (StateRail) and the metropolitan functions of the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC)". RailCorp IS a state-owned corporation.
(RailCorp website)
3. CityRail IS State owned and operated.
CityRail and CountryLink are two independent services operating under Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp). RailCorp is the government agency responsible for all passenger rail services in NSW.(CityRail website).
1. Sydney Water has not undertaken the majority of their operations or maintenance since they began outsourcing everything in 1995 to consultants such as my company, former companies I have worked for and others(eg. ABB). While they are a state owned company, still, they have been using the public-private arrangement that all state departments use these days - the reason that my company and other companies exist is to take advantage of things like this.
2. See above and insert maintenance companies such as Transfield.
3. See above and insert maitenance companies such as Transfield.
The sections that are left within these service providers are skeleton crews to organise outsourced contractors for almost everything from maintenance to management.
They are under as much state government control as kerry packer is under federal government control - the extent of which I will let you decide for yourself.
Check your own facts.
2. See above and insert maintenance companies such as Transfield.
3. See above and insert maitenance companies such as Transfield.
The sections that are left within these service providers are skeleton crews to organise outsourced contractors for almost everything from maintenance to management.
They are under as much state government control as kerry packer is under federal government control - the extent of which I will let you decide for yourself.
Check your own facts.
p.s Does the term Public Private Partnership mean anything to yourself? As in, say, Rollingstock Public Private Partnership? Oh - I think this fits in nicely with my arguments.
I guess I should have originally pointed out more clearly that I was refering to the people as the assets rather than the rails, pipes, etc - rails, pipes, etc are a liability and in we're essentially talking about entirely different things - but that's not the point - ok - so maybe that is the point.
Further to the abovementioned the water crisis is non-existant. There are two reasons for it: 1. change in standards; and 2. media hype.
If you come back in a few weeks I will tell you exactly what: public-private partnership; government agencies as business units; assets; and liabilities all mean.
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