Turnbull’s 30 minute cities plan is a joke without lower immigration, says Sustainable Australia
Sustainable Australia says the Turnbull Government has no chance of making good on the Prime Minister’s announcement that he wants to build so called “30 minute cities”, where everything people need is within a 30 minute commute. Sustainable Australia’s Senate candidate in NSW, William Bourke, says that the Prime Minister’s vision of a congestion free future is delusional, while immigration continues to run at record levels.
Mr Bourke says, “The Prime Mister’s plan has three parts, each as preposterous as the next.
“First, he wants to pay a group of bankers $50 million to tell him what to build, and where.
“Then, he wants to borrow another $5 billion for new road and rail projects. That’s on top of the almost $500 billion of government debt racked up over the last 8 years.
“And thirdly, he wants to make the grandchildren pay off that additional debt, by raising the $5 billion by selling 30 year bonds, which will be honoured by a future generation of taxpayers, long after the PM is gone.
Mr Bourke says it is absurd for the Prime Minister to suggest that the government could build its way out of a congestion trap, and borrow its way out of a debt crisis.
“Sustainable Australia says there is only one way to fix congestion. It is decent public transport and a lower immigration intake of 70,000 per year, back from the current high of 200,000 per year.
“The truth is our high population growth is the real reason for our daily traffic jams, and overcrowded trains, buses and trams.
“If we want an Australia that is better, not bigger, then we need to lower immigration”.
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