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Most Useless Flagrant Flop of Government (MUFFOG 2012): Finalist — Victorian Desal

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 14:52
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English: Port Stanvac Desalination Plant (unde...

Port Stanvac Desalination Plant (under construction) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In a competitive field it’s going to hard to beat this.

In 2007 the Victorian Government thought it was a good idea to spend $24 billion to build a humungously big desalination plant. There was a drought on at the time, and a specialist in small dead mammals said the drought would never end.  But now Victorian households will pay up to $310 extra in water bills next year, and something like that every year for the next 28 years until it’s paid off.



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  • The specialist in small dead mammals is actually a recipient of The Idiot of the Year!
    He’s referred as Tim the Idiot!
    One thing that you cannot ask, is how many brown paper bags changed hands in the previous Labour govt.

    NB Corruption only exist in ASIA or AFRICA or RUSSIA, but never,never in our free western democracy!

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