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Now Kosky cares

Thursday 10 May 2007, 7:52 am

The Editor

Categories: Politics, Public transport

Tags: Connex, LynneKosky, YarraTrams

Back when Lynne Kosky became Victoria’s public transport minister she tried to solve the system’s substantial problems but pretending they didn’t exist. You see, the poor punctuality of train and tram services is all relative; punctuality was poor relative to commuters’ expectations which were unreasonable. How dare the public transport user expect their train to arrive at the time published in the timetable?

Now that Ms Kosky has acknowledged that commuters’ punctuality demands are probably reasonable she has decided to try and fix the problem. However, she’s not fixing the problem by making the service more reliable, rather she’s pledged to improve “personal and electronic communications with passengers” to show them that the system “cares” when totally failing the commuter.

Lynne Kosky is fast becoming a farce of a minister.

5 Comments

invig (Thursday 10 May 2007, 9:39 am) #

Warning to female politicians: The electorate is tougher to convince than your respective social circles (who are wonderfully supportive and agree with everything you say).
Steve (Thursday 10 May 2007, 11:50 am) #

“Fast becoming a farce…”? It’s generous of you to presume she once had some credibility. I just think she’s maintaining the ’standards’ she set during her time in the education portfolio.
The Editor (Thursday 10 May 2007, 6:15 pm) #

She’s certainly maintained the same standard of haircut.

(Cue comparisons with criticism of Julia Gillard.)
MrLefty (Friday 11 May 2007, 1:19 pm) #

Yes, but look at the excellent station facilities under her watch.
The Editor (Friday 11 May 2007, 1:43 pm) #

You’re one of those pesky commuters, Lefty. Those ones that actually demand services.