"The $114 million blowout surely warrants questions from the media and the opposition. All we have heard is a deafening silence," say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED as they expose revelations of the latest audited financial statements.
Jon Stanhope
Jon Stanhope was Chief Minister from 2001 to 2011 and represented Ginninderra for the Labor Party from 1998. He is the only Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the Assembly.
"The report provides a sense of the deep frustration of the ACT’s Official Visitors and the seemingly cavalier and mind-blowing indifference of the ACT government," laments political columnist JON STANHOPE.
"Blaming the very people our elected representatives and public servants are expected to serve is…
"An improvement of almost $2 billion, or $500,000,000 a year over each of the next four years, is far-fetched, even by the government’s standards." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED reveal the crushing reality behind the ACT's credit rating fall.
"We were underpaid, given a pittance to help with relocation costs, our insurance didn’t cover anything, and there's been almost no acknowledgement of the latent health issues." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED reveal Mr Fluffy's cruel reality.
"A further six affected properties have been identified since the closure of the scheme, which raises the question: how many more affected houses are still out there?" JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED look at the failed asbestos taskforce.
"Holdout families have nowhere to go because the government has taken a cowardly and callous position, waiting for the affected homeowners to die." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED reveal how Mr Fluffy homeowners were pushed into a corner.
JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED look at the intimidation of Mr Fluffy property owners, some signing their homes away under duress. "There should have been consequences for public servants engaging in any such conduct."
"This is a case study on how to compulsorily acquire property without being subject to the compensatory statutes." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED defend vulnerable Mr Fluffy home owners who deserved to be treated with care and compassion.
"The ACT government's Asbestos Response Taskforce designed a cynical, deeply unfair and flawed scheme." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED reveal how the painful Mr Fluffy program was disturbing and deeply hurtful for many people.
'The budget's fastest growing cost is interest, at an average compounding rate of 18%, while health has to deliver more on a paltry increase of 1.5%.' JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED take aim at the government's dangerous levels of debt.
"Interest costs alone for light rail Stage 2A amount to $94 million over the next four years. The health levy would just about cover those costs." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED lay bare the budget trainwreck.
