North South Pipeline - is Brumby listening
Source: Bill Sykes Letter to the Editor 08.08.08
Are you listening Mr Brumby? Public says no to North-South Pipeline again!
Yesterday’s Herald Sun poll on the North-South Pipeline resulted in 95.9% of people answering no to the question, “Do you support the $750m North-South Pipeline plan?”
Surely Mr Brumby must get the message, ‘Victorians don’t want the pipeline’.
This overwhelming public rejection of the pipeline is consistent with all previous polls conducted by independent groups such as WIN TV, The Age and ABC radio.
2007 WIN TV polls
April 2007 – Do you support the construction of the North-South Pipeline?
NO-96%, Yes-4%
August 2007 – Should the protests against the North-South Pipeline construction continue
YES-96%, No-4%
The Age poll
9 April 2008 – Has the Victorian Government consulted adequately on water policy?
NO-93%, Yes-7%
2008 ABC Wodonga SMS Poll – Do you support the North-South Pipeline?
NO-94%, Yes-6%
In addition, nearly 30,000 people have signed petitions opposing the pipeline.
How many times does Mr Brumby have to be told, ‘Plug the Pipe and meet Melbourne’s water needs by other means such as recycling and storm water capture’.
posted by Greg Naylor at
1:51 PM
3 Comments:
It's not about the people. It is about stripping as much water from the Murray system - just as Queensland has done in the past - before having to hand control over to the federal government
I'ts about Melbourne having too many people and needing more water and they don't much care where it comes from.
That is good governance. Brumby is doing exactly what is required of him. When it comes to the crunch, the government must sacrifice the few for the many. It cannot allow millions of people in Melbourne to become dissatisfied because the millions down there will vote his dictatorship out. ;)
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