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REPORTER: Prime Minister, 29 Newspolls — it's not good news …
TURNBULL: Why are you smiling then if it is not good news? You are so pleased. You are so pleased. I know why — because you are so happy about all of the jobs we have created, because you are not distracted by polls. You know that we have created 420,700 jobs in Australia in the last year.
REPORTER: What about your job, Prime Minister?
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Mar 26, 2018 09:02
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NSW Government backs down on $2 billion stadiums blueprint
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-29/nsw-government-backs-down-on-stadiums-backdown/9600654
quote:The New South Wales Government has backed down on its proposal to demolish the Sydney Olympic Stadium, which will instead be refurbished.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian had come under increasing pressure over the $2 billion blueprint to raze the 80,000-seat stadium at Homebush.
The Government will press ahead with plans to demolish and rebuild the Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park, with work expected to begin later this year.
Ms Berejiklian announced about "two thirds" of the Olympic Stadium would be refurbished, and said the new plan would save taxpayers $500 million.
"This will change the atmosphere of the entire stadium," she said.
"But importantly it will provide a rectangular stadium with fans closer to the action. That is what is required for a world-class stadium."
The NSW Government's backflip comes a year out from the next state election.
Cabinet signed off on the stadiums plan last November, however, the policy caused divisions in the NSW Government.
The Premier said initial modelling had shown a complete renovation of the venue would have cost more than demolishing it and building a new stadium.
'We've listened to the community'
Stadium Australia was due to be demolished in 2019 and would have cost $1.3 billion.
"We've listened to the community, we know the public would have thought that is too much to spend," Ms Berejiklian.
The stadium issue is worse for its electoral hopes than either the greyhound racing ban or local council amalgamations — and both of those were reversed, writes Brigid Glanville.
At a heated press conference in Sydney this afternoon, Ms Berejiklian brushed off the about face.
"We don't apologise for listening to the community and doing our homework," she said.
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley pounced on the spend, repeatedly saying he would fund schools and hospitals instead of stadiums if elected next year.
But battle lines were not only drawn between health and education funding versus sport, the debate became geographical when Mr Foley claimed the Government was prioritising Sydney's affluent eastern suburbs — where the Football Stadium is — over the west.
The rebuilt Sydney Football Stadium is expected to seat 45,000.
Ms Berejiklian also announced the NRL grand final would remain in Sydney for the next 25 years, and said the city would have lost major events had her Government not invested in stadiums.
Independent body Infrastructure New South Wales assessed the various business cases for both venues.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg was pleased with the announcement.
"Naturally I would have preferred to see a new stadium built at Sydney Olympic Park in line with our Memorandum of Understanding," he said.
"But this remains the biggest infrastructure program the game has ever seen, one that gives our fans a new level of stadia facilities."
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Mar 29, 2018 06:46
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I like Jon Faine but he does seem to have the occasional brain fart.
Is there a way to find out where my nearest NBN node is? I'm moving to a new place and I've gone up and down the street using Google street view, and can't see anything that looks like a node (admittedly the camera car went though on bin day and distinguishing a node from a container of garbage is tricky) and now I'm worried the nearest one will be loving miles away.
From here > https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Home-Broadband/how-do-i-find-the-nearest-available-fibre-node-to-my-premises/td-p/694883
http://nationalmap.gov.au/
Click Add Data > Communications > Click on Plus Sign next to Broadband Map
Type in your address and it should have a black outline for the service area. The node should be within that area.
Adjust the opacity if it's not clear.
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Mar 29, 2018 07:23
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