Public, active and rail freight transport policy polls - pre election Week five

[ozbob]

How would you rate the main players at this stage with respect to Public, active and rail freight transport policy?

[Gazza]

Greens, because I actually read their policy and there are no gaps and it is all good (Though light rail to everywhere needs a rethink).

[Jonno]

Greens, because I actually read their policy and there are no gaps and it is all good (Though light rail to everywhere needs a rethink).

+1

[aldonius]

There are a few things which need a rethink as currently stated (LR and various other implementation bits & bobs), but yes, the Greens' document is pretty good.
It's kinda sad that they haven't needed to change anything in there since the last elections though!

[Fares_Fair]

Do they explain how they will fund the policies?

Regards,
Fares_Fair.

[Stillwater]

Story goes that in devising latest version of Connecting SEQ 2031 (2051/2061?), TMR recommended a congestion tax to the state government to fund everything in it.  The government tok the document, but forgot about the tax, thus rendering the whole thing meaningless.  It would be interesting to do an RTI on the revenue-raising side of things.  Maybe the LNP will dust off the paperwork.  These party strategies must be considered 'aspirational' without identifying sources of revenue at the same time.

[Jonno]

Do they explain how they will fund the policies?

Regards,
Fares_Fair.

I was assume easily by not building anymore freeways and tunnels. They will have billions to spare!!!

[achiruel]

Let's face it - the Greens have next to no chance of forming Government.  There is a small, perhaps tiny, possibility they will hold one or two seats after the next election which might be useful if a minority Government needs to be formed.

While ceasing future road-building activity may seem good from an environmental perspective, the simple fact is in a State the size of Queensland there are places that simply cannot be sensibly served using public transport (the Greens mention this themselves in their policy).

However, sensible infrastructure investment in railways to regional areas could increase the amount of freight carried by rail and reduce the damage done to highways - e.g. NCL & western line.

[Mr X]

I can't see any seats where they could actually win. South Brisbane maybe?   I think we are one of their highest polling seats.

[Fares_Fair]

While ceasing future road-building activity may seem good from an environmental perspective, the simple fact is in a State the size of Queensland there are places that simply cannot be sensibly served using public transport (the Greens mention this themselves in their policy).

However, sensible infrastructure investment in railways to regional areas could increase the amount of freight carried by rail and reduce the damage done to highways - e.g. NCL & western line.

[achiruel]

I can't see any seats where they could actually win. South Brisbane maybe?   I think we are one of their highest polling seats.

Mt Coot-tha & Indooroopilly seem the most likely ones to me.  Both got > 20% primary votes at the last election.  Greens got within a couple of hundred (primary) votes of the ALP in Indooroopilly.  South Brisbane & Brisbane Central both only got around 17% so they're probably a bit longer off yet.

[Mr X]

In 2006 the Greens achieved 21% of the vote in South Bris, but still a fair bit behind the LNP and ALP.
For some reason they lost a lot of votes in 2009.

[mufreight]

In 2006 the Greens achieved 21% of the vote in South Bris, but still a fair bit behind the LNP and ALP.
For some reason they lost a lot of votes in 2009.

Simple too connected at the hip to labor