The Hon Kelvin Thomson MP East West Link Speech in Federal Parliament Tuesday Night 23 September 2014 Hot off the press, actually Youtube, from Canberra is the East West Link Speech given by The Hon Kelvin Thomson MP tonight in Parliament. The accompanying description of his speech says: Federal Labor Member for Wills, Kelvin Thomson, spoke in Parliament against the signing of contracts and the construction of the East West Link Road Tunnel, also known as the Royal Park Freeway. It is ironic that before the election the Liberals were in favour of independent cost benefit analysis for major projects, yet now in government, they seek to run a mile from undertaking one for the East-West Link in Melbourne, the freeway through Royal Park. Kelvin wrote to the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, and his Parliamentary Secretary on 27th August, to seek appropriate and publicly transparent economic modelling, environmental assessment and community consultation before tens of billions of dollars are spent on a tunnel that makes no economic sense, will damage our environment and which will hurt local communities. (23/9/14) Note the absence of Government members in the House! I like the description of the East West Link as a classic example of economic mutton dressed up at lamb. https://youtube/watch?v=cmZ04KgI5G0
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:56:42 +0000
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