Hi all,
Labor opposing East West Link - good news, at least for me.
There is no contract signed yet - so all uncertainty claims are quite
strange. It is up to the government in power to create certainty - by
waiting with the contracts until after the election.
The process is before the courts because the link did not go through a
proper planning, assessment and consultation process yet. The lack of
process created the uncertainty.
So the government can correct it by honouring process. This would make it
a decision made by a government which asked for a mandate from the
electorate.
Below my letter to Terry Mulder (terence.mulder(a)parliament.vic.gov.au).
Maybe you would like to contact him too?
Thanks
Peter
Dear Terry,
the Labor decision to dump the East West Link is a good one for us in
Melbourne.
Please cancel the project if you care for Victoria. It may save hundred of
millions or billions of dollars of claims when the project finally ends in
the bin, as it should.
The East West Link is not a properly planned project. I contacted you before
about my concerns. Some of the events and claims are truly bizarre if you
are familiar with the area as I am.
I work in Kensington. I frequently use the bike track along the Mooney Ponds
Creek you want to overshadow with another bunch of lanes. I also spend a lot
of time waiting for and in trains from and to Craigieburn and Upfield which
never go on time.
It is not a surprise that the whole case is before the courts. The rush to
lock it in resulted in a shoddy process which defies logic and did never
satisfy requirements of proper consulting with the public. Even now, the
design is still work in progress, and some of the "corrections" over time
looked as professional as me designing a model train with my son. How can
this being assessed? How can the community have a sufficient input in this
process?
How can you sign contracts with this uncertainty? It will be a liability for
any future government and all Victorians.
A tender process where you continue with one bidder only is another detail
not making sense. I never do that if I want a good deal.
You were elected with the Liberals claiming support for the Metro Rail Link.
You did not advance the project. Instead it became another train wreck of
"planning on the run".
Please bring that back into action instead of tinkering with the East West
Link if you want to do something for Victoria.
Thank you
Peter
[contact details]
The Age today, written by Sally Young
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/politicians-media-moguls-and-doomed-ending…
"Abbott did reduce funding to the ABC, limiting what Murdoch views as a
privileged competitor. And he did hobble the NBN, reducing the capacity
for internet-streaming rivals."
Why do we pretend there is a competition of ideas?
Good night
Peter
Hi Rodney,
The meetup website says its in Unitarian Hall, East Melb. But you have
Ross House as the venue?
Cheers
Daniel.
On 26/02/15 14:23, rdbrown(a)pacific.net.au wrote:
> Future challenges in technology
> Greg Adamson
> Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Victoria)
> 5pm Sunday 1 March 2015
>
> Over the past 30 years the technical community has developed an
> increasingly sophisticated understanding of the impact of
> technology on society. Global climate change, the importance of
> humanitarian technologies, technology for development, privacy and
> security, and the importance of ethics are all now accepted as part of the
> technology challenge. Is our job done? In this talk, Dr Greg Adamson
> (University of Melbourne), President of the IEEE’s Society on Social
> Implications of Technology, will speak about three important challenges
> for the next 20 to 50 years: the future of work; autonomous warfare; and,
> human-machine boundaries.
>
> For more information visit:
> Website http://fd2015.scifuture.org
> Meetup:
> http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/220184121/
> FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/futureday/
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On 26/02/15 14:23, rdbrown(a)pacific.net.au wrote:
Change of venue, now
5pm
Unitarian Hall
110 Grey Street
East Melbourne [Map]
<https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Unitarian+Church,+Grey+St,+East+Melbourne…>
> Future challenges in technology
> Greg Adamson
> Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Victoria)
> 5pm Sunday 1 March 2015
>
> Over the past 30 years the technical community has developed an
> increasingly sophisticated understanding of the impact of
> technology on society. Global climate change, the importance of
> humanitarian technologies, technology for development, privacy and
> security, and the importance of ethics are all now accepted as part of the
> technology challenge. Is our job done? In this talk, Dr Greg Adamson
> (University of Melbourne), President of the IEEE’s Society on Social
> Implications of Technology, will speak about three important challenges
> for the next 20 to 50 years: the future of work; autonomous warfare; and,
> human-machine boundaries.
>
> For more information visit:
> Website http://fd2015.scifuture.org
> Meetup:
> http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/220184121/
> FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/futureday/
>
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Hello,
Looking for someone with good Joomla experience to take over maintaining a website from another developer. There are
also a few performance issues to resolve. Preferably based in Melbourne, but will consider elsewhere in Australia.
Please contact me offlist.
Cheers
Daniel.
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dan062 <dan062(a)yahoo.com.au>
Hi everyone,
A few of you may remember the talk I gave late last year on free audio
software (at Free Software Melbourne).
It was suggested I cross-post this email to a LUV list:
I have recently been able to obtain 2x spare Digidesign Mbox 1 USB sound
cards, for which I have written a free linux driver. The driver has now
been mainlined into the linux kernel 3.19
I would like to share these devices with anyone interested in making
music or capturing sound with GNU/Linux. Please send me an email if you
are interested in purchasing one of these pretty decent 2-channel sound
cards.
I have flashed them both with the latest firmware as per
www.zamaudio.com/?p=953 so they should work well with Linux 3.19
I am selling them for $50 each.
Regards,
Damien Zammit
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