Queensland State politics

[sprintcyclist]

I think they have reached a new low.

About 2/3 rds of QLD is in drought. Many towns have but a few months of water left.
So, the State Govt will give $1250 as a gift to Public servants who have a salary of $100,000 or more.

We are not impressed.

[sprintcyclist]

A $1250 one-off payment for Queensland public servants won't provide the economic sugar-hit state treasurer Jackie Trad intends, an economist says, while the state's chamber of commerce has slammed it as "deeply offensive" to small business.

More than 200,000 workers – the bulk of the Queensland public service – will receive the payments on top of annual CPI increases for pay agreements finalised for the three-year period from March 2018.

Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad has introduced a one-off bonus for public servants.

Ms Trad said the money was in response to Reserve Bank of Australia calls for governments to aid stimulation in the face of capped public-sector wage growth.

"The offer of a one-off payment will provide this additional economic support while maintaining the budget balance," Ms Trad said.

The move will cost Queensland about $250 million but most of that money is destined for bill and credit card payments, according University of Queensland economist John Mangan.

"People will pay debt off. It'll do nothing at all," Professor Mangan said.

"That's what always happens when you get these one-off income jolts.

"If it were a permanent pay rise, that would be a completely different thing."

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland strongly criticised the move as "morally wrong", when so many small businesses and farmers were struggling with the effects of the ongoing drought.

"There are people in regional Queensland who are going without a shower on a daily basis, eating stale food and wrestling with financial distress that is causing genuine mental anguish," CCIQ spokesman Daniel Petrie said.

"The small business community is appalled at this announcement and would strongly advise the government to reconsider this move."

Mr Petrie said the bonus would not boost economic activity and criticised it as a political move.

Senior executives and senior officers will not receive the payment, the government said, but nurses and midwives, teachers and administration workers were among those set to benefit.

Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Mander also criticised the move, saying it was a bid to secure the public service vote.

"Any pay increases should be linked to better performances, whether they be in our hospitals, our schools or public transport," he said.

"This is taxpayers' money, not Annastacia Palaszczuk's, and she needs to treat it with respect."

-with AAP

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politi ... 52tqk.html

[billy the kid]

https://www.jannstuckey.com.au/media/10 ... -slow-mode

The qld grubberment, like all grubberments in Australia, is incompetent....
The current qld government owes $583 million on the Currumbin desalination plant,
and have spent $244 million on interest free loans...The link gives startling information....
But also one must remember that it was built on the cheap, as the grubberment bureacrats
wanted to save money by using stainless steel piping instead of ceramic piping....
The place is full of rust ….
AND they have just announced today that the dam at Bundaberg is going to release millions of gallons
of water because the spillway needs repair....
What a fkn disgrace......

[brian ross]

Stainless Steel doesn't rust. It's why it's called "stainless".

[billy the kid]

The piping has been corroded by salt...boofhead….

[brian ross]

Stainless Steel takes years, decades to be corroded by salt water.

[sprintcyclist]

Stainless Steel doesn't rust. It's why it's called "stainless".

There are many different grades of stainless. Some are more resistant to corrosion than others. Stainless steel is still a ferrous metal.
It'll rust.

[brian ross]

Stainless Steel doesn't rust. It's why it's called "stainless".

There are many different grades of stainless. Some are more resistant to corrosion than others. Stainless steel is still a ferrous metal.
It'll rust.

Eventually. However, as you note there are various grades of and types of stainless steel. What is required is the presence of oxygen to create the oxidisation. Simply immersing a steel pipe in water should not make it subject to corrosion in the way Billy has implied.

If Billy has evidence that the wrong grade of Stainless Steel was used in the desalination plant he should present it to the Queensland ICAC (or equivalent) for action. I suspect though, he doesn't.

[billy the kid]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/que ... 5015193d33

The link refers to.... "The repairs will include replacing more than 100m of rusting pipe with higher-grade stainless steel
and....."In April, a former desalination plant contractor told The Courier-Mail that the two giant stainless steel tanks used to store desalinated water would probably have to be replaced because of corrosion, having already undergone more than $6 million in repairs."

Fuck off boofhead......

[brian ross]

So, relying on the MSM which you decry so much in other threads, hey, Billy?

So, it appears that it wasn't that it wasn't Stainless Steel but the wrong grade of steel which was used. Somewhat different compared to what you claimed in your original message, right?