Tag: broken promises
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Outer East PTUA Branch Meeting – Ensuring Mobility
Perhaps unsurprisingly the issue of rising oil prices dominated this month’s PTUA East and Outer East Branch Meeting. It is clear that rising oil prices are eroding disposable income resulting in serious repercussions for the future economic viability of Melbourne and the Outer East. Research from the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) has shown…
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A Fairer Place To Be?
The Bracks Government’s sixth budget claimed to hold the overall theme of making Victoria A Fairer Place To Be yet while small amounts of funding was allocated for public transport many areas will still remain isolated. In response the disappointing public transport improvements provided in the State Budget I issued the following statement (which is…
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Rail: Ringwood Line
As a public transport lobbyist and community advocate I regularly meet MPs in regard to issues that require urgent attention. During my last meeting with Phil Honeywood, the Deputy Opposition Leader and Member for Warrandyte, I left a copy of the February 2005 edition of the PTUA newsletter which included a list of unfulfilled promises…