Safe bet they will not use any of the old mines or remote ports you mention because $$$

This is the problem when times are hard. That right wing money is still money.

The first of which was in Claremont

This is an authoritarians wet dream

Keep in mind entry level induction stoves are kind of garbage and will almost guarantee a frustrating cooking experience due to very basic temp controls. You will likely also need to budget a new dedicated circuit for your induction stovetop unless you enjoy having to reset your breakers every time you turn the kettle and stove on at the same time.

Yep I agree this would just be giving extra points to the dominant driver. Hardly exciting stuff.

If we're going to experiment with ideas that detract from pure racing I'd like to see constructor points awarded to teams that can keep both their cars within a place of each other on the grid. Could make for some interesting team orders but I can also see how it could be incredibly dangerous.

Burn me baby, feed me back in the recycler of Mother Earth

Even that's a waste of resources really. The planet doesn't need me as CO2. Just chuck me in a giant craypot and let me be crab food.

Often fitted with all terrain tyres for no good reason. Just why?

Yep productivity at my workplace dropped off a cliff for a couple of days. Even pitched in my workstation on behalf of my colleagues.

The State's current debt, higher priority projects and the City of Melbourne's inability to plan their way out of a cardboard box without developer intiative has meant that the Fishermans Bend development has been conveniently dropped.

I was trying to find some articles to back me up but internet news was very much at its infancy 20 years ago so I had to refer to Mark Lathams election speech where he listed Labor's promises. That guy was opposition leader for less than a year so i presume most of what he promised was already established and you can see a lot of them were carried through to Rudd's goverment.

In a nutshell in terms of nation building

• more funding for Education
• more investment in Renewable Energy and a Carbon Trading scheme
• funding for Telecommunications (i.e internet)
• tax cuts for Families & Pensioners with the view of incentivising Pensioners to become child carers and easing pressure on young families

Unfortunately much of this was undercooked and/or flew under the radar because the main political battleground was over Medicare. Which Labor ultimately lost. Labor were being painted as socialists who would either fail to deliver on their 'handouts' or cripple the economy in doing so (which in hindsight is clearly an absolutely ridiculous notion).

Just a few brain farts from myself

He was not terribly likeable/relatable with his union ties and somewhat dynastic background.

He was a capable administrator but not a very good politician.

He was up against the full might of Howard's media alliance. Media coverage of Crean was lukewarm on his accomplishments and trumpeting at his fumbles. Coverage was so one sided it hurt.

In my opinion a Crean government would never have happened because he was a clever man in a stupid world. Labor were trying to sell nation building when all the voting population was interested in was war-fervour and lining their pockets. Only when Labor switched gears with Rudd and started playing the populist game did they manage to achieve some political success. Truly dark times in Australian politics.