TBM ‘Joan’ breaking through to the western tunnel entrance at South Kensington.
https://www.metrotrains.com.au/a-breakthrough-moment-for-tunnel-boring-machine-joan/
#Melbourne
A breakthrough moment for Tunnel Boring Machine ‘Joan’
'How stupid could you be?' #Andrews government rezones West Gate tunnel land, doubles own bill.
A developer that bought land in Altona North next to the West Gate Freeway for $8.7 million in 2017 more than doubled their money after the Andrews government rezoned the site – and then acquired the land at $22.5 million.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/how-stupid-could-you-be-andrews-government-rezones-west-gate-tunnel-land-doubles-own-bill-20191220-p53m0b.html
#Australia #Corruption
A developer that bought land next to the West Gate Freeway for $8.7 million in 2017 more than doubled their money, after the Andrews government rezoned the site - then had to acquire it at a higher price.
I want to know who built that `collapsed tunnel`.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/118388083/roads-closed-sewage-continues-to-spill-into-wellington-harbour-for-second-day
#WellingtonWater #incompetance #Wellington
It could take up to three more days to halt the sewage spill into Wellington Harbour.
Year 2019. Almost 2020.
For a third day, #sewage is continuing to spill into #Wellington Harbour.
"the wastewater that comes out can be full of, you know, #uncomfortable things"
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Scandalous. If this happened anywhere else, it would be investigated for a possible corruption. But in Australia, the political inbreeding brought us to where we are.