Short term profit and greed is why we cant have anything nice in Australia anymore. The profit & cost margin.
How do we as a society accept this? How can we accept undermanned authorities when we bring in taxi drivers on working visas.
Its messed up.
It takes a well lead, hard working, forward thinking committed society to make sacrifices to have good infrastructure, beautiful and liveable cities and well run authorities that are not tied at the wrists.
Anything worthwhile, long lasting and first-world takes sacrifice and commitment and and we in Australia no longer have the willingness nor guts to do it. We are selling out to the lowest bidder, for the least cost and greatest profit. In my lifetime we have started to become third world.
Our authorities are run at bare bones, our once beautiful city buildings, parks and skylines are being mined by property developers, our infrastucture is selling to private hands.
There is nothing nice for the long term for the general citizens of our country in this.
The classic example; Airport Security and Border Control - security and CBP queues doubled out the entrance doors but fewer than half the lanes active because of understaffing.
Public transport: Sydney about $3 to get from Sydney to the last stop on the train line beforre Sydney airport. Another $12 on the fare if you take the next stop to the airport - MacQuarie Bank owns Sydney Airport.
Melbourne: no public transport link at all!
I want a government that can govern, cities that belong to the people.