Is the world really going mad?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/mt-martha-primary-schools-no-contact-policy-bans-tiggy-and-high-fives/story-fnbzs1v0-1226395694542

Or are we now slaves to litigation?

And we hear about this on the same day that the water companies are trying to justify why they won't pay back any time soon the money they have been wrongfully billing us for because of the ill-fated desal plant. According to them they need to stabilise their accounts so can't afford it but will hold it in credit to offset future shot-term price rises.

Wonder whether customers will be able to use the same justification to pay bills when it best suits them.

Aussies are odd.

Did the desal project crash and burn in Vic, Red?

No, it will be up and running eventually but has been subject to delays, cracking, etc.

The irony is that after they started building it the drought broke.

But at the moment we're being in charged in theory for water we are supposedly receiving from it.

Red wrote:No, it will be up and running eventually but has been subject to delays, cracking, etc.

The irony is that after they started building it the drought broke.

But at the moment we're being in charged in theory for water we are supposedly receiving from it.

Cheers.

Yeah, the Sydney desal plant had the same effect. They've just mothballed/suspended animationed ours with the dam brimming. Won't come back on until the levels drop below 80% but we still pay.

at least the desal plant is going better than the stoopid ferris wheel

No surer way to break a drought than to commit several billion to a desalt plant.

Can you post the whole story Red?

And another weird thing going on is that our private rail company has been avoiding fines from the govt. by ordering drivers to skip stations. Commuters are complaining but the CEO points out that while 100 might be unhappy, thousands are getting to their destinations quicker.

As some letters to our broadsheet have suggested, our state is now writing the scripts for Yes Minister.

Faillieu's explanation
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/water-works-in-no-hurry-to-fix-its-bill-blunder/story-fnbzs1v0-1226395671312
From The Age

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/water-billing-scandal-grows-20120613-20am7.html

The Age editorial today

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/billing-excuse-doesnt-hold-water-20120613-20ab9.html

JGK wrote:No surer way to break a drought than to commit several billion to a desalt plant.

Those State Pinkos are walk on water types.

It is hard to garner any sympathy for victorians

G.Wood wrote:It is hard to garner any sympathy for victorians

............................. spivs understand & empathsise .................

To be fair, I don't believe I have ever tried to misrepresent myself by pretending to GAF about anyone else.