lol, no not you @Irons
Kochie and the other idiot in that clip, can’t even be bothered remembering her name, wish I could forget Port presidents name too. They love to sound like they know everything, sanctimonious morons that they are.
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Announced that WA to be included in the $10 billion allocated, no reductions.
SA ( with election imminent) nothing extra, some building to continue.
Pacific added to Indian Ocean base.
A sub expert said that Brisbane less favoured because deep water further out from the coast than Newcastle and Port Kembla
still a twit though
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Didn’t take much for Barnaby to lose his sh*t there…and he’s our Deputy PM…
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If you can believe him
“This is about additional national capacity, not relocating any existing or planned future capacity for Fleet Base West,” Mr Morrison said in a virtual address from Kirribilli House, where he remains in isolation with COVID-19.
“Fleet Base West will remain home to our current and future submarines, given its strategic importance on the Indian Ocean.”
Stuart Robert telling porkies, says Howard introduced the Caretaker Convention, it’s been around forever ( and Howard breached it).
Says the ANNOUNCE on specific locations will be made before election called.
Morrison had earlier said decisions on nuclear sub choices won’t be made before or during election campaign. Not what Dutton said yesterday, ALP has not been briefed.
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Not much point having a nuke sub base when we dont farking have them, nor will we for decades.
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Makes for a great pre-election promise, though.
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Just had another thought, why create a base now as with global warming and sea level rise, we’ll probably want the base in Broken Hill or somewhere like that.
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Especially when you don’t need to deliver it for 20 years!
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That’s gold.
Rooty Hill RSL carpark would be perfect
We have one in Canberra don’t we?
Albo “You can’t defend a country with a media release”.
Can we find a leader for the ALP please?
They have a good one already.
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I think this sums up the current LNP government perfectly.
They do lots of ANNOUNCE.
They do none of the delivery.
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Finally. He gets it.
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The federal government did not fund more than $150 million in flood mitigation projects sought by state and territory governments, including a “priority” upgrade to Queensland’s early flood warning infrastructure.
7.30 can reveal that state and territory governments across Australia applied for just over $217 million in funding for projects during the first round of the federal government’s National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure project in 2020, which is drawn from the $4 billion Emergency Response Fund (ERF).
A spokesman for the Queensland Reconstruction Agency told 7.30 the Queensland government had raised concerns with the federal government about the speed of release of funds under the program, consultation with the states and the consideration given to priority projects.
The government’s first round was capped at $50 million.
While a capped total of $200 million can be allocated each year from the Emergency Response Fund, the government disputes it would have been able to fund other flood mitigation projects under the remaining $150 million.
The Queensland state government applied for more than $127 million for 20 separate projects after the funding round was announced in November 2020. Queensland is the most disaster-affected state in the country and has experienced more than 80 natural disasters over the last decade.
7.30 can reveal the Queensland government identified five of those projects as “priority” funding, which they were required to do under the grant guidelines.
Those priority projects included a $14 million upgrade to the Flood Warning Infrastructure Network.
That funding was sought to roll out new and upgraded infrastructure to improve flood warning services in south and south-west Queensland, as well as other local government areas in north Queensland.
In a May 2021 announcement, the federal government elected to fund three of the projects in Queensland.
That included $5.7 million for the Dutton Street Bridge in Ingham, $3.3 million for Floraville road upgrades and $793,339 for the Armstrong Creek Causeway.
The Dutton Street upgrade was the only approved project flagged as a priority by the Queensland government.
The Flood Warning Infrastructure project was not included.
A spokesman for the Queensland Reconstruction Agency told 7.30: "Queensland ranked its applications, based on critical impact to people and public safety.
"The Commonwealth did not provide detailed advice as to why the approved projects were selected.
“[The] Queensland government has raised concerns over the speed of the release of National Flood Mitigation Program funding, the lack of consultation with states and that the state priorities do not appear to have been considered.”
Shadow emergency response minister Murray Watt is questioning how the government selected which flood mitigation projects to fund and its decision not to allocate more funding given the volume of funding requests.
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I was just checking up on Camden ( on the Nepean and its tributary which runs through the town). Orders have gone out to evacuate it.
It is in the initial stages of a flood mitigation plan.
Perhaps Angus Taylor, the local member, will set up a GoFundMe in the event of flooding.
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Fun reminder the fund is currently in excess of $4.8B
But only for ‘emergencies’, like a meteor strike. Or an infinity snap
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