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Australia Archive
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Sydney’s risky NorthConnex tunnel will not solve congestion problem
Posted on October 10, 2014 | No CommentsFig 1: NorthConnex tunnel proposal http://northconnex.com.au/library.php The current congestion problem on Pennant Hills Rd is caused by 4 distinctive traffic flows overlapping in this narrow corridor: (a) trucks on the […] -
Qantas growing passenger numbers don’t increase revenue
Posted on September 8, 2014 | No CommentsA lot has been written about Qantas’ FY 2014 losses of AU$2.8 bn but no analysis was done by the main stream media how the timeline of these losses are […] -
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott pedalling in wrong direction
Posted on August 26, 2014 | No CommentsFig 1: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (centre, yellow helmet) likes biking There are only a few Prime Ministers in this world who are pro-actively biking. Tony Abbott is one […] -
Australian GDP per capita growth slowed while oil prices went up (part 2)
Posted on June 9, 2014 | No CommentsIn part 1 of the series on the Australian budget 2014/15 we showed that company tax receipts took a dive when the global financial crisis (GFC) hit. In this 2nd […] -
Australian budget hit by GFC and high oil prices (part 1)
Posted on May 28, 2014 | No CommentsThe Australian Federal Government’s cumulative cash balance between 2008/09 and 2013/14 was deep in the red, at $ -241 bn. If company tax had continued to grow at pre-GFC levels […] -
M2 daily traffic growth below Transurban’s expectations
Posted on April 30, 2014 | No CommentsIn what might be an early warning sign, Transurban traffic data for the 1st quarter 2014 show that ADT on the M2 – after a 9 month ramp-up period following […] -
Lucky country dodged $2 a litre bullet – for now
Posted on December 15, 2013 | No CommentsAlan Kohler http://www.alankohler.com.au/ showed this AUD/USD exchange rate graph on the 7 pm news on ABC TV on Friday the 13th 2013, displaying a variance between 50c and 1 dollar. […] -
Sydney motorists pay 22 % more tolls for motorway widening
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsFor a modest traffic increase of 3% motorists in Sydney’s North West pay 22% more tolls after the M2 was widened from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and additional ramps […] -
Half of Sydney’s direct international flights dropped by 5 % since July 2008 (part 2)
Posted on September 22, 2013 | No CommentsBizarre election stunt by an Australian politician to lobby for a 2nd Sydney airport, far from his own electorate in Queensland. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/bob-katter-backs-badgery8217s-creek-airport-in-western-sydney/story-fni0cx12-1226698573961 Bob Katter arriving by helicopter in Badgerys Creek, […] -
Melbourne’s East West Link tunnel proposal has low benefit cost ratio and high oil price risk
Posted on September 5, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to the State government of Victoria’s “short form business case” a proposed road tunnel in Melbourne has only a benefit cost ratio of 1.4, a number which is classified […]