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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Bob
Another one that people dont think about ( cos they were designed to just work ) are the sewers.
Many in some areas are apparently getting close to limits at times.
But one more interesting thing i heard on the radio this morning is that the average age of local linesmen is now getting into the mid 50s.
Since privatisation, the qty of apprentices being trained in all the required areas has dropped through the floorboards.
The old SECV had the commercial mass and social obligation to take on and fully train thousands of apprentices each year.
Very few companies working for profit these days want to take on even one apprentice and cant train them in all aspects of the system.
I guess thats why we have 457 visas
Andrew
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... and you are also dead right. Our idiot leaders are stuck using the perpetual growth economic model but they neglect to note that population growth only ADDS to our problems. More people means more infrastructure and they pay for the maintenance/repair/ upgrade/replacement of the infrastructure they build by.... trying to increase the population.
Its a no brainer and I am watching it happen in Tassie right now. Millions upon millions spent on new roads because our dumb pollies have been conning people to come down from the mainland. Alas, rental prices are now so high that young locals cant live in Hobart and they want to add another 150,000 people to the population... They neglect to take into account the lack of jobs, housing and infrastructure to support the population growth.... Fark sake!
