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Infrastructure and Energy
Sydney - 20th August 2008
Address by Peter Debnam MP
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to join your discussions today
 
Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and join in your discussions.   When I was elected to Parliament in 1994, the term “infrastructure” was not in wide public usage ...
 
This unfortunate advertisement on a NSW Government bus on Parramatta Road really does sum up the state of infrastructure after twelve years of NSW Labor.
Peter visited the Acciona Solar Power Plant just outside Boulder City, Nevada, during a visit to the United States in July 2007. The ...
 
...her and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today announced a further $100 million investment in community infrastructure.  “We’re fighting to win this election to fix NSW. And to fix NSW ...

 

...oined by my Deputy Leader Barry O’Farrell, Shadow Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Greg Pearce and all of our local candidates for South Western Sydney, ...

 

NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam and NSW Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Road Infrastructure Andrew Stoner today announced a $1.2 billion road infrastructure package to rebuild NSW.

 

...energy use in up to 50,000 homes, starting in areas regularly facing blackouts because of inadequate transmission infrastructure. “On the research and development side, we will invest $10 million i...

 

...al Fund to fix hospitals across NSW. “The Fund will be used to drive a major upgrade and expansion of hospital infrastructure over the next four years. “The Fund will be established from savings...

 

...his plan is on your table. At this election there is clear choice – reward Labor for twelve years of failed infrastructure, failed services and failed management. Or vote to fix NSW. If Labor...

 

Statement From Peter Debnam MP
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Media)
... created. And we do need to fix them – our hospitals, our schools, the water crisis, public transport, bungled infrastructure and the list goes on. It doesn’t have to be like this. NSW has the la...

 

NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam, Shadow Treasurer Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Greg Pearce today visited Liverpool Railway Station to highlight Labor’s failure to deliver

 

...cycling the ocean outfalls beginning with one ocean outfall in our first term; A $1 billion Drought Proofing Infrastructure Fund for NSW, to be funded in part from the sale of State Lotteries; ...

 

...n the weeks ahead, we will address issues such as health, education, the environment, crime, public transport and infrastructure. Today I want to talk to you about rescuing our economy, tackling our...

 

A NSW Liberal/Nationals Government will establish a $120 million Stormwater Harvesting Community Trust to deliver infrastructure projects that harvest stormwater across NSW, NSW Opposition Leader Peter ... 

 

...to plan and act over 12 years. “Instead of building Labor’s desalination plant, I believe we should build the infrastructure needed to ‘flick the switch’ to use high quality recycled water to boo...

 

...the $1.3 billion first announced? What guarantees can Labor provide that the project will not become another infrastructure disaster like the Cross City Tunnel? When will the final route for...

 

...ghtforward proposals to deliver better basic services, restore our economy, tackle our water crisis and build the infrastructure NSW needs to grow. "The policies are fully funded and fully cost...

 

...Flats to provide a natural filtration system for Goulburn’s stormwater. $2 million for stormwater harvesting infrastructure to transfer stormwater to the wetlands. "There is no silver bul...

 

Libs Announce $132 Million Central Coast Water Plan
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Media)
...angrove Creek Dam – to be commenced immediately and completed within three years. A $20m Central Coast Water Infrastructure Fund for large-scale stormwater harvesting and water recycling projects...

 

...r water including survey mapping of marine life and weed outbreaks, foreshore and beach restoration and repair of infrastructure such as walking tracks. "Without a change, the NSW environment w...

 

... can find the same amount to delay road changes with the Lane Cove Tunnel. "Labor clearly can't manage major infrastructure projects – be it the Cross City Tunnel, the Lane Cove Tunnel or their d...

 

...million Ethanol Action Plan, including:   $5m for grants to assist existing service stations convert infrastructure to allow the sale of ethanol-blended fuel; $1m for a marketing pla...

 

...ving ahead, NSW has been left behind in almost every area. "Our economy is on the brink of recession, our infrastructure is crumbling around us and Bob Car and Morris Iemma’s failure to plan a...

 

..."I propose three debates in March covering three topics: The state of the economy and the budget; Infrastructure, including water and roads; and, State services, including health,...

 

...e: 2007 – 2% 2008 – 4% 2009 – 6% 2010 – 8% 2011 – 10% Upgrading of production and distribution infrastructure; The sale of E10 at up to 500 service stations across NSW; A stron...

 

NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam today announced the $1 billion Drought Proofing NSW Infrastructure Fund would be partially funded by the sale of NSW Lotteries. 

 

 

 

...to get our economy heading in the right direction, to begin the work of drought proofing NSW and to deliver the infrastructure NSW needs and that they are still waiting for Labor to deliver. As ...

 

NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam and NSW Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Water Utilities Andrew Stoner today announced a $1 billion Drought Proofing NSW Fund to begin drought-proo

 

...er term of course it may be expected that prices will rise." "Morris Iemma has demonstrated he can't deliver on infrastructure – be it water or roads yet he now wants the people of NSW to trust him ...

 

 

 

A NSW Labor Government report has slammed Premier Morris Iemma, finding water supply and management was the major environmental issue facing the community with four in five people saying the State

 

...Transport Gladys Berejiklian said today the Iemma-Costa Labor Government had failed to deliver promised transport infrastructure improvements for NSW commuters. “After 12 years of Labor's excuses, com...

 

...an champion the needs of commuters as effectively as she championed the needs of the mentally ill. "The lack of infrastructure in North Western and South Western Sydney and the Central Coast is a ma...

 

...n the style of selling real estate on the Gold Coast, but they're not good at delivering world-class services and infrastructure. "The Iemma-Costa Labor Government must also release all the taxpayer...

 

...uses, it's time to act." The NSW Liberal/Nationals plan to cut P-Plate driver deaths includes: Upgrading road infrastructure; Introducing compulsory driver education for senior school students...

 

BLOGS ON INFRASTRUCTURE

Blog - Fighting to win, to fix NSW
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...country and city roads as well as blackspots, · committing more than $450 million to fix public transport infrastructure, including upgrading key railway stations, expanding the light rail ne...

 

Blog - Vote to fix NSW
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...hing will change. If Labor is re-elected tomorrow , then you can expect more chaos on public transport, more infrastructure bungles like the Cross City Tunnel, more delays in our Hospitals and Em...

 

Blog - Real Life Experience to fix NSW
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...e rewarded at this election. At this election there is clear choice – reward Labor for twelve years of failed infrastructure, failed services and failed management or vote to fix NSW. Regards,...

 

Blog - 'No-one wants a recession'
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...eated. And we do need to fix them – our hospitals, our schools, the water crisis, public transport, bungled infrastructure and the list goes on. It doesn’t have to be like this. NSW has the ...

 

...to ask Morris Iemma and Labor where has all the money gone? Well the answer is in cost blowouts and bungled infrastructure projects. Since the last State election Government revenue under La...

 

Blog - Don't Reward Labor
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...e past 12 years shows that they have failed to deliver on these important issues. Hospitals in crisis, bungled infrastructure projects such as the Cross City Tunnel, public transport chaos, an eco...

 

Blog - Integrity in Government
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Blog)
...Integrity in Government Peter Debnam's Blog - Wednesday, 21st February 2007 There’s a lot of talk about broken infrastructure in NSW – and it’s all true. But the key piece of public infrastructu...

 

3rd February 2007 - Cronulla
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Tour Blog)
...Fund that will focus on large-scale recycling, stormwater harvesting and repairing leaky pipes and other ageing infrastructure. These are real solutions to address the biggest problem facing the pe...

 

1st and 2nd February 2007 - Monaro
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Tour Blog)
...ter years of inaction by Sydney Labor, it is time for serious decisions and a real investment in critical water infrastructure. Our plan includes the following initiatives to secure the water suppl...

 

31st January 2007 - Orange, Bathurst and Blue Mountains
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Tour Blog)
...he need to ease traffic congestion through the mountains. As I travel around the state and see major pieces of infrastructure like the Bells Line of Road neglected, I have to wonder what Labor hav...

 

30th January 2007 - Parramatta
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Tour Blog)
...ave with this State Government. Whether it’s the economy, water, adequate policing, health, public transport or infrastructure, Labor throw up their arms and say, “it’s just too difficult.” Wel...

 

 

22nd January 2007 - The Entrance and Gosford
(2007 Campaign/2007 Campaign Tour Blog)
...t will connect Mardi dam and Mangrove Mountain dam. We’re also dedicating $20 million to a Central Coast water infrastructure program for large scale stormwater recycling. We will provide an addit...

 
 

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