S111MCII NOTES FOll THlE PRIME MINISTER
TOOHMUL SHOPPING CENTRE
. GATiURDAY 16 NOVrENIl3Il 1974
FROT~ 1I1 IMGINNING 0O? TIlS CAMPAIGN MR-13JEUKEPETRSN
HS RID TO CON TILE Qw2E~ i"' LAND PEOPLE WITH
SLOGANS ANI) CATCI[ CRIVES. IN IS SLLF-AI'POINTED IZOLE AS
LEADElt 0F TiHE FEDERLAL OPP1OSITION, HE. HAS FORtGOTTEN WHAT A
STATE LLECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
h1IS A VICTIM~ OF HIS OWN OBSESSIONS, ILE IS
OI3SESSEPJ) WITH CANUERRA,~ l HE IS Ol) SE,-3SLD WITH CENTRALIS4l,
HIE IS OB3' ESSED WITH SOCIALIMS, HIE IS OB3SESSED WITH STATE
lZIGHTS. AND) HIS5 OB3SESSIONS . lIAVI! E 13LINDED HIM TO THEi!' NEEDS
OF OPUIINARY PEOPLE.
THERE HAS NEVEIR BEEN A P!?: lENIER SU REMMOTE, FROM THlE
GENUINE CONCEUNS OF THE A'EUPLE't SO OUT OF TOUCH ' WITH BH! EADAND-
BUTTEU IS61UES' 1 AND DAY-TO-DAY REALITIES. HIE WANTS TO
MAiUF, THISj ELECTION A FORUM FOIL SLOGANERIN U AIND PERSONAL
VILIFICATION. IT WON'IT WASH.
IT WON'T WASH 13EjCAUSE T11B I'L. O'LiE AREN'T INTERESTED
IN HI13 BUMY? 1EN AND PAPER TIGER6, IlSNAME-CALLING Alm
CAN-KICKING, TIHE SHADOWS AND) S1hI13OLET113 HE HAS l) ILAGGEi)
INTO TEIS CAMI'AIGNb
VtI AUIE TIM~ PIIRST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE
MONEY OUTRIGHT GRANTS TO TILE STATES FOR URBAN TRANSPORT.
' RIEVIOUS COVMMl. I'ENTS ;' IZOVIDED LOANS FOR COUNTRY HIAILNAY
BINES BUT TILLY ALWAYS REQUIRED TaL STATES TO CONTRIBUTE
EQUAL AMOUNTS TIIMk; ELVESg AND TILE LOlNS HAD TO li R1EPAID
WiTIL INTEIUST. IN CO-OPERATION WITH MY GOVENI'INENT PEUCY TUCKER
CAN PROVIDE A NEW DEAL FOR BRISBANE TRANi'SPORT. UDER OUR
LEGISLATION WE AIE ALLADY tlAKING GIANTS FOI THREEX IMPORTANT
PROJECTS THE ELECTRZIFICATION OF TlI SUBUl'r11AN IL4ILWAY
FROM DAMIRA TO FEUNY GROVE, TlE ClIOSS RMIV-RAIL LINK, AND
AlliDITIONAL TACKS ON TILE NORTHERN CORRIDOR LINE PROM OMA
STRIET TO 1ORTIIGATE. TIllS MX,% XiXX IS 1' AIlTICULAIL' I'A VOURAI. ILE TO
PIJEENSLAND BE12' CAUSE AlRZISBANE WILL GET MiORE FOR PROJECTS
ALREADY A l'IROVED TIIAN ANY CAPITAL OTILER TIA1 SYDNEY.
BRAISBANE WILL GET CONSIDE> AI3JLY iKOltE THAN NEll'LUOURNE AND
VERY MUCH MORE THAN THE;*' o OTHER TILE 6IMALLE. I CAlITALS. ALL
TOLD THLE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE PAYING IORB TILAN
$ 12 I1LLION FOR THESE THREE WORKS THAT IS, TWO-T& IRDS OF
TILE ESTINATD1) TOTAL COST OF MOREd THAN 18 & MILLION.
Mil BJELM -P'ETERSEN AND 1IS M INISTERS HAVE TRIED
TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR THESE 1!, ROJC'TS%;. THEY DID NEXT TO
NOTHING TIlENSELVES AND SCIL1% IIIID LABOM'S ELCTRIFICATION
PLANS BACK IN 1957. TH'Y IIEIJGED AND DITHERED ABOUT
SIGNING OUR U1rBAN TRAN. 3ioURT AGMI'U-FN1T AND THIll COLLEAGUES
IN CAINBEfLUA FORCED US TO l* OETPUONE" OU!? TRANSlORlT BILLS WHEN
THEY BLOCKED SUrPLY. NOW THEY HAVE TfHj E NERVE TO ACCUSE MY
GOVLINElfNT OF DELAY IN PROVIDING FUNDS,
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I HIAVE TOO MUCH RESPLCT FOR TflIj' GOOD SENSE AND
GOOD JUDGI! ThENT OF QU ENSLANDMIS TO BELIEVE THIEY WILL FALL
FOR THLE PJHWf" ILIZS' DISTRACTIONS, IT'S TINM Mll 1JELKE-PE. TERSEN
FACED UP TO THE REFAL CONCERINS. OF TILE PEOVLE THEIR EDVJCATIONO
THEIR Jil! ALTHI, THEIR TR. ANSP'ORT, THIuR CITIES. TIIEIR-H1OUSING,
THE PRICE OF LAIND, TILE DEVELOPIMNT OF THEIR STATE6
THESE AUE THE ISSUES ON WH11ICII œ' EC TUCKE R IS
FIGHTING THIS ELECTION. AND IE HAS MY WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT.
THlE BJELMKE-I'ETER~ iSE'N GOVERMNMENT HAS HELD BACK
THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUEENSLAND BECAUSE Ui? A PETiTY Dl%. SLIIMOIF
CANBERRA. OH-ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, Mt W3ELKE-PETE11SEN
RAS REFUSED) TO. CO.-OPLIRATE bITII US IN PLANS FOR QUEENSLAND IS
DEVELOPMENT. HE HAIS ' SPURED OUR OFFER OF MhASSIVE ASSI37A. INCE TO
MAKCE TOAINSVILLE A GRO%. WTil CENTREV A VIGOROUS3 AND E) U1ANDING
MODERN ClTY. HE HAS REJECTED QUA EFI'ORTS TU SET UP' LAND
COMMISSIONS WHICH WILL SUING DOWN TIHE PRICE OF LAND FOR
HOM" E B3UYERS. LII3EUAL GOVEiLNIIENTS IN UT1IEI : iATiES ARL TAKING
THE-. SL' FUNDS, ' i( ING WITH US AND GETTING UN WITH TIME JOB.
MRlJJLEi'TPSN O11-' 3TIEACY HAS CO0JT Q UEE,: NSLAVD
AT S5O IILLION IN AUSTILALIAN1 CGUViN: li, % l-T AS,-SISTfANCE,
DUIA. ING T1117, ' AST YEAf. WITH EVERY MONTH THLAT VASSES TILE
COST TO TI-12 QUHEN.' iLAXD IPEOrLE 1NCREA6i; S AND THEIR STATE
FALLS FURlTHElR 13U11N1) THE REST OF AU& STILALIA. oe,/,
TILE QU. LE. N' SLANI) GOVERNPRtNT HAS RE'USED EVE,. N TO
DISCUSS OUR OFFER TU ASSUME HESPONSIBILITY FOR STATE
RAILWAYS AND 111, LIEV15 THlE STATE ( GOVER6NNL1, NT OF TIM; S CMI'TLING
BURDEN ON T1L2Ifl BUDGET3. WE HAVE: OFFEMILD QUEENSLAND A
2-FOR-1 SUBSIDY FO; L AI'' UVED URBAN PUBLIC TRANSIORT PROJE'CTS.
VE HIAVE~ HAD) LITTLE CU-O1' LATION IN THIIS IlNWIMMINT AIvLEAo
Y2.' T NO S; TAiZ~ GOVIiIZNIMZNT HAS A 61LODDIML RECORD
IN URBAN P'UBLIC TIL NS11ORT TH[ AN Ms. I3JELI( E -P'ETERSEN
GOVERNIMENT. TIIERRE IS J3UVE TALK AT TRlE MOMENT AB0U7 NEW CITY
RAIL LINKS 1ND i'A66ENGEiZ TitANS. I GIVE AN AJSURAA' 4C0 THAT
PIX GuVERNMENT WILL 3L E iAL) TO CONSIDER ANY 1JORTHIMhILE
VIZOJE. CT MXkITING AUSTRALIAN GOVERNUENT A.' SI' 31ANCE.
BlUT WHAT 15 THE COUNTRY PARTY-LI) 3ERAL RECORD ON
P~ UBLIC TRANS'Oi2T IN 1957,9 411: 1 THLY CAME TO OFFICE, THEY SCR APPED
THE PRiEVIOUS LA13OR GOVL1RNjM1EIdT' PLANS TO ELECTRIFY THlE
BRISBANE SUBURaAN RAI LWAY SYSTEM.
IN UCT013" ER 1971p bl[~ t ANNOUNCEI) THAT TIMl S; TATEGUVERNM'ENT
AUTIIORISf. D A S TAR*% T OIN TM' CONSTRUCTION OF
THlE MEIVALE 2J; R. 1ILWAY SYSTEM COINNECTING THlE NORTHHIIRN
~ AN~ 1vTUtR 14uu:~: IT11 A NL11 RIVER BRIDGE. TENDEIR 1AV'E
TILL NUT . L~ LT FOR TIS WOURK.
IN MYA 1972, ; 3EIFORE TH[ E LAST STATE ELECTIONp
SIR GU RDON CHALK SiAID) THI' GOVL-' 1.1[, NT WOULD CO-OUDINATE
AND RATIONALI~ iE ALL FORMS1 OF PUBLIC TRANS3PORT IN i14ISBANhS
UNDER ONE ULGIONAL TIi X" I'OUT AUTHORZITY. THERE WEIME .11wlIS1* S
OF NEW RAILWAY STATIONS AND BUS/ JZAIL INTL1hCAGEJ. THE
SUBU111AN, IL SYSTEMi WAS TO BE ELETRIIIk UND.[ Ii A
P'LAN. THE INLTROPOLI TAN TP.. ANS IT POLICY 0011111TTE
RESI'ONS I3Bl: FOR T1" 11lS C 0= u) NATION ItAS NOT SET. UP' UNTIL
AUGUST 1973. -ALMOST ANOTHIING 1AS B. u" ZN DOINE. A CRAIRMAN
OF THlE METROP. OLITAN TUNANSiIT PROJECT BOARD HAS BEEN
Al'OINTLD BUT WON'T TAIUE, OFFICE UN~ TIL KSXT YEAH.
IT. IS BAD IN1OUGII WHEN A STATE Pi1P'IE 1EUSED
TO CO-OPERAITO WbITil THE NATIONAL OVEUNMENT IN MUE INTMRES-TS
OF HIS STATE, IT IS WORS13 V11314lIE CONTINUES DOING NOTHING
ON IS OWN, THEIi.~ Al TRZUT1 IS THAT 11IRISBANB HAS Of THE
VJORST PUBLIC Tl" NSPORT IN AUSTRALIA. ALL THE. PIMMIL" T?. CAN
OFF,' EU IS IIIGIIER IRA IL FAtE. 51.4 AND IIGIITS9 AS VERC TUCIM-a
SAID IN HIS5 POLICY SI'Et{ C11: " TilE 2UEENSLAND ( iOVE1R'VN'NT
PIZOVIDES JIMTTER WAGOLNS FORl COAL ' T' 1A14 CAM6IAGES FOR PEOUI1 LL'.
IT WAS' IN 13IJ61ANE DJi; I Nc TMU 1972 CAM: P1' AIZiN THAT
I IIEVEALLI) FOR T1. l1 FIRST1 TIi-ji UUR ' PROP1OSALS TO UI'GRADflE
PUBLIC -TRANS1POT IN QUIZ 1' 1AJOIL CITIES,
WE. ARtE TILE FIRST AUSTRALIAN GOVERIMENT TO GIVE
blONLY OUTUIGHT GRANTS TO TIllE STATES FOR URIBAN TDAVrOllT.
PREVIOUS GOV4,' IUMBMNTS ROVII) DED LOANS FOR COUNTRY RAILW~ AY LINES
BUT TUEY ALWAYS REQUIRED THE STATES TO CONTILIBUTE EQUAL AMOUNTS
THIEMI3ELVES, AND THE LOANS HA) TO BE REJ:', PAID WITH INTERPt. ST.
IN CO-l,. 4JPETION WITu MY GOY M4ENTI, I'ERC TUCKER-1 CAN
PROVIDE A NEIWr DEAL FUR ISiU3BANE TIZANS'OaT. UN) I OU4 LEGISLATION
WE A11; ALREA]) Y IAKING GRANTS POlL THIRZE IMPORTANT 1' ROJECTS
THE ELECTRIFICATION OF TIlM SUBURBJAN RZAILLtAY FROM DARRA TO
FERNY UIWVII, TIEl CROSS RIVER RAIL LINK, AND) IDUf lITIONAJL TRACKS
ON TIE NORTHERN CORRIDOR LINEN FROM RObNA STREET TO IOIZTIIGATE.
FIVE FUR4Tll) ER, 1' UOJECTS llAVE-BEEN A'i" RUOVED SINCE T1E1l ZSTlART OF
TIl11 FINACIAL YLA11, INCLUDING ELCTRIFICATION MOMI IiSII'ICI
TO DARlZA. TIllS AlU* 4WfAGE1UtPNT IS PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE, TO
QUEENSLANJD BI3CAUSE BRISBANE WILL GET MO,= FOR PRIOJE-CTS AL',; rEADY
Ai'l'RUOVJ. D THAN ANY CAPITAL OTHER THAN SYDNIMY. BZISBANE I ILL
GET CONSIDERABLY MORE TMAN MLL, 30UPNE AND VEY ' IUcM 1MorJ:: TIIAN
THE OTHER THREE SMALLER CAPITALS. ALL TOLD TIE AUSTRLIAN
GOVLRNUCMT WILL BE PAYIN4G U1MR THAN lol2 MILLION FOR TIIE
THREE MAJOR WORKS TUAT IS, TWO-TIIUDS OF T120 ESTIIIATELD
TOTAL COST OFNIhOUE TIUN $ 18 MILLION AI) ANONIUTLL 17.29 MILLION
FOR TH SMIALLEU 1' RUJLCTS. A TOTAL UP PEA. IY'S420 -MILLIONO
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THEIR APPROACH TO UR3AN TRANSPORT TYPIFIES THE
HYPOCRISY AND NEGATIVISM OF THEIR WHOLE PROGRAM. LABOR
HAS ACTED; OUR OPPONENTS HAVE STALLED AND COMPLAINED. ONLY
TlIRZOUG11 CO-OPERATION BETWEEN A LABOR GOVERNMENT IN QUEENSLAND
AND MY GOVERNMENT IN CANBERRA WILL BRISBANE PEOPLE GET THE
DECENT TRANSPORT SERVICES THEY DESERVE. t * t
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