Victorian state political reporter for the ABC in Melbourne, Australia. From Maryborough, Victoria.
Feb 15 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Why don't we just put our powerlines underground?
1. It would cost more than $2.5million per km (according to AusGrid) which works out to be nearly DOUBLE last year's ENTIRE state budget
That's 15 times more than having lines above ground and would take 40 YEARS #springst
2. It's much harder to access for repairs.
Auckland has underground powerlines and it had a power outage that lasted 5 WEEKS, with an inquiry blaming how hard it was to find and fix faults on the cables being underground
A parliamentary inquiry's begun to hear evidence of whether Victoria's integrity agencies are properly managing the welfare of witnesses following the suicide of former @CityOfCasey Mayor Amanda Stapledon, who was under investigation by IBAC as part of Operation Sandon #springst@CityOfCasey .@ibacVic Commissioner Robert Redlich being asked about why some witnesses are questioned in public & others in private. He says there has been a lot of misinformation about the process of public hearings
Jun 24, 2021 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
All of Greater Sydney and Wollongong will be upgraded to red zones from 1am. Comes after Victorian man in his 60s tested positive after flying in from Sydney @abcmelbourne#springst@abcmelbourne The positive man in his 60s visited his daughters house in a green zone in Syd on Saturday night, came back to Melbourne on Sunday evening.
On Tues around 10pm started showing symptoms and was tested yesterday. @abcmelbourne#springst
