Give us our growth money, say Greens (Weekly, April 23)
■ Greens leader Greg Barber says public transport is not keeping up with population growth. It’s evident that population growth does not pay for itself.
The Greens are focusing on the lack of public transport but not the cause – our rampant population growth driven by high immigration rates.
It’s overloading our infrastructure and increasing the cost of living.
The east-west link will sink at least $8 billion from the infrastructure fund, and this will mean the coffers will be drained from the fringe suburbs.
The Greens are deliberately avoiding the cause of most of our environmental stresses – population pressures and impacts.
Our state’s economy has become a rollercoaster based on inflating the housing bubble by importing people.
The heavy costs of infrastructure and basic services are passed onto the public, who are meant to live in deprivation while the banks and property developers make all the gains.
MARY G VIA WEB
Pallas seeks state cash for outer west (Weekly, April 23)
■ Mr Pallas, you will get nothing as usual because you have no idea how to sell our region to the government.
Wyndham council is the worst negotiator in the public sector, the only thing negotiated correctly is the place of your next lunch meeting.
ROGER VIA WEB
■ I can’t recall him being so eager for money in the west when he was the roads minister.
ALBERT FEY VIA WEB
■ Politicians love big megalomaniac projects that put their names into history, and passing the bill onto the public and future generations.
They promote and adore the “growth”, but it’s too expensive to fund. They prefer mega-projects like the desal plant and the east-west link.
The mundane demands for vital links for roads and public transport are not glamorous enough.
Wyndham’s growth has nothing organic about it. It’s not due to families having confidence in our economy, or the future, and producing bigger families.
Most of our population growth is due to net overseas migration, and it’s a policy that should be questioned.
TONY B VIA WEB
