[smh] Rail links 'shelved'

"The Rees Government will shelve construction of the south-west rail link in addition to axing the North-West Metro as it grapples with a budget crisis.

To provide the public transport system with additional capacity, the Government plans to buy an additional 300 buses, at a cost of $150 million, and will allocate 100 of them to the north-west of the city.

The first of the new buses is not expected to be delivered until the end of 2009."

Jeez. Early election please. Bring in someone who knows how to balance a budget AND lobby properly for federal infrastructure funding.