Comments on: Not over yet?

By: Rebekka

Rebekka — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:15:51 +0000

Interestingly, every time Grylls mentioned Labor and the Liberals, he mentioned them in that order, and ditto with Carpenter and Barnett. I thought that was quite interesting and potentially revealing. My bet is he’ll support Carpenter to form government in coalition with Labor.

By: joe2

joe2 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:09:05 +0000

“Obviously due-dilligence and worlds best practice standards”@21

Going forward, into the future, ….

By: Patrick B

Patrick B — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:58:33 +0000

Unfortunatly Wayne@21 you are probably right. The general concensus (i.e. opinion polls) prior to the election was that uranium mining was on the nose. Carps wouldn’t have come out so strongly against it if it wasn’t so. But WA being what it is the electorate may have installed the party that promises to do precisely what they majority don’t want. The ignorance is stunning.

By: Robert Merkel

Robert Merkel — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:43:15 +0000

joe2: I dunno. It smells a hell of a lot like pork to me most of the time.

At some point, I’d love to tell in some detail the story of the Albury bypass. It was delayed for decades because the locals wanted a gold-plated solution. There’s no sense that there’s not an unlimited pot of money to provide it.

By: Wayne Thompson

Wayne Thompson — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:14:27 +0000

I’m surprised that no one has joined the dots yet – but then again, maybe they have and they don’t want to think about the Ace card that only the Liberal Party can play to make all this happen.

So how does a proposed new WA Liberal government come up with $700M additional to what has been budgeted and already promised? How could they? And how do they do it in such a way that keeps everyone but the Labor Party/Greens happy?

There is a way IMO for the Libs to do this deal with the Nats – and it’s something that Labor can’t do, given their expressed views and Party stand point.

The Libs have obviously been given the ‘Go’ card on Uranium Mining by the electorate, and as this will be the new boom business with new money and new royalties coming in, $700 million in ‘Royalties for Regions’ is realistically and readily achievable. Nobody I know has joined the dots yet, but to me this would be the most appropriate and most acceptable solution moving forward for all concerned. I have done extensive research on this (Uranium Mining) subject over many years now.

The Uranium Mining ventures just raring to go in WA are bountiful, and there is huge money at stake for all concerned. Approved supply contracts have been signed and approved with the Indians and the Chinese at Federal Govt. level and WA is sitting on more Uranium than the rest of Australia combined. We know that already!

Obviously due-dilligence and worlds best practice standards must be attained and this will take time with the likelihood royalties would begin to generate in around 3 years time if they hit the ‘Go’ button now. The Nats would not likely be expecting a cheque for $700M tomorrow after all.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:45:16 +0000

yes, TP: if I were Rudd, Id have my people let Grylls’ people know they can get me on the phone this week.

By: pablo

pablo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:42:55 +0000

rf at 18. They’re both Libs. My reading of Grylls is that he would regard it as a cheap bribe with no real meaning. But it is just my opinion.

By: rf

rf — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:33:44 +0000

Pablo at 14
What’s special about the deputy’s job other than the vanity factor
Well, Barnett was Deputy Premier under Richard Court after all

By: Anna Winter

Anna Winter — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:24:23 +0000

RKL – I don’t think it’s likely that Labor will win enough of those seats. But even if they did, with CCC reports hanging over their heads, you’d want to make sure you weren’t a couple of by-elections away from a change of government.

By: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:16:40 +0000

It would be worth Rudd’s while to separate the NATS from the Libs if given the opportunity – like it exists now. Puts a wedge further in the door to having some cooperation from federal NATS. Federally they are the reserve grade Liberal party.