MYTH: Speed cameras are just cash-cows for Government revenue-raising.
FACT: Reducing speed reduces road fatalities.
Revenue derived through the Camera Detected Offence Program (including both speed and red light camera) is distributed as prescribed in relevant legislation. This includes road safety education and awareness programs, road accident injury rehabilitation programs, support to organisations such as the Red Cross Blood Bank and [...]
Mythbuster Series
MYTHBUSTERS #6 – Speed Cameras
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010MYTHBUSTERS #5 – Bruce Highway upgrade and Cairns Transit Network projects
Monday, January 11th, 2010MYTH: A second corridor – including a bridge over the inlet – is needed instead of upgrading the existing highway.
FACT: A second corridor will not address traffic congestion – the main issue facing motorists in the southern suburbs of Cairns.
A second corridor option would provide no benefit to those people living north of Wrights Creek [...]
MYTHBUSTERS #4 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009MYTH: LNG is non-corrosive, non-toxic, non-flammable and non-explosive…
FACT: This is true.
LNG is a natural gas that has been cooled to minus 161°C, the point at which gas condenses into a liquid.
When natural gas is cooled into liquid form, its volume is reduced to 1/600 of its original size. An example would be a 43cm beach [...]
MYTHBUSTERS #3 – Removal of the Fuel Subsidy
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009MYTH: The LNP will bring back the fuel subsidy – no questions asked.
FACT: The Opposition has committed to reinstating the fuel subsidy but there’s a catch.
When making this promise, the LNP has its fingers crossed behind its back. Their commitment is made only if they can restore the AAA credit rating – and they have [...]
MYTHBUSTERS #2 – Sale of Assets
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009MYTH: The Government selling all of its assets.
FACT: We aren’t. In fact, our total asset base is over $200 billion.
We are selling Forestry Plantations Queensland, Queensland Motorways Limited, Port of Brisbane Corporation, Abbot Point Coal Terminal, and the above and below rail coal business of Queensland Rail. The proposed sales will deliver proceeds of around [...]
MYTHBUSTERS #1 – Impact of the Global Financial Crisis
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009MYTH: Labor has gone broke in a boom. Queensland had surplus budgets for most of the last decade, but we’ve got nothing to show for it.
FACT: We have invested in essential infrastructure for our growing population.
On average, Queensland has spent double the amount on infrastructure (per capita) compared to the rest of Australia over the [...]
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