Friday, September 4, 2009
From: OnTrack! Regional Rail Review
Humphrey: We've got to shut down another railway, Minister
Jim: Oh I say, do we?
Humphrey: So it seems minister
Jim: Which one this time?
Humphrey: Over at Cowra
Jim: Cowra! That's the war cemetery place?
Humphrey: Not quite - Japanese prisoners revolted - there was a prison camp
Bernard: Wasn't the natives then?
Others both stare at Bernard
Bernard: Being revolting
(They return to the subject at hand)
Jim: Ah! - That's the report? (Puts his hand out for Humphrey's file which he peruses)
Jim: I see they've got to stop trains to close it down
Humphrey: A tourism group minister - you know, run trains in the week-ends.
Jim: Can they take them somewhere else? People like them y'know - chuffing about here and there.
Humphrey: Oh yes Minister - there could be arrangements made
Jim: Right - mmmm - right - (reflects) save us money will it?
Humphrey: (nods)
Jim: S'pose we must then - other priorities, eh! - any problems?
Humphrey: The local councils aren't happy
Jim: Local councils are never happy.
Humphrey: They're coming to see you.
Jim: How many?
Humphrey: Five of them
Jim: That many -why?
Humphrey: They've formed a consortium - an alliance - to progress rail - their railways - this one!
Jim: Did we know?
Humphrey: Oh yes indeed.
Jim: How do they want to progress rail then?
Humphrey: They want to take the lines over.
Jim: Do they? - what a good idea!
Humphrey: I'm not so sure.
Jim: Why ever not? - local enthusiasm, business involvement, productivity, trains even?
Humphrey: All of that
Jim: Well where's the problem?
Humphrey: They'd probably make a show of it - contain costs - be efficient .
Jim: I see - show how it can be done, eh!
Humphrey: Probably
Jim: Set a precedent?
Humphrey: Yes minister!
Jim: Difficult!
Humphrey: Yes minister!
'Yes Minister! Australia 'is an adaptation from the original BBC series.
OnTrack! Regional Rail Review is published by Big Tree Country Management Services ABN 26 541 262 898 Wahgunyah 3687 Vic Australia Telephone 61 2 6033 3937. Design, presentation , editorial pictorial material and artwork C 2009 BTCMS.
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1 comment:
Good satire. Thanks.
Even worse is when local governments give rail the SAME subsidies that roads and air travel get.
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