14 - Poor Policy and warfare on free speech

<p>In this episode, government decision making and their "fixes", and another attack on free speech or wrong-speak. I pretty much rant about the need for East Werribee too. Especially with government planning, with affordable homes as far away from where they are needed.</p> <p><br></p> <p>As some background -&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr Henry also noted poor-quality infrastructure that had led to congested major cities unable to deal with the fastest population growth in the developed world and wide-scale cases of environmental degradation, including the "unsustainable and environmentally damaging water usage in the Murray-Darling basin". He said governments over the past decade had claimed to have fixed many of these problems when the truth was the opposite.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-case-study-in-government-failure-ken-henry-excoriates-politicians-warns-future-jobs-at-risk-20190910-p52pri.html</p> <p><br></p> <p>A case for East West Link - "The Eastern Freeway is pumping enormous volumes of traffic into arterial roads and suburban streets. As traffic bursts at the other end of the pipeline into different channels, the results prove chaotic. Without a tunnel, Carlton’s streets act like a bottleneck on traffic moving from the eastern suburbs to critical destinations such as the airport, industrial zones and the port of Melbourne. &nbsp;Melbourne needs improvements to its public transport infrastructure. "&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Against: East West Link - "Proponents of the road claim it will relieve congestion along Alexandra Parade and the Eastern Freeway. How can this be the case when the majority of the freeway’s traffic is headed for the CBD (not west) and its traffic volumes are, by the government’s own modelling, projected to significantly increase once the road is constructed? It is claimed that the road will take traffic off local, inner suburban roads. How could this possibly be true when the likely cost to use the road will simply encourage more of the same ‘rat-runn