Barnett's expansionary policy

1points Posted 64 days, 8 hours ago by cunneen

The Premier of W.A. has been quoted by the ABC as saying ""Bear in mind, particularly in a state the size of WA, which is the size of Europe, it's not practical to say [a] school will close. The next school might be 100 kilometres away. While Barnett has a good point, his geography is a bit skewed.Western Australia is 2,526,786 sq km
(http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/dimensions/areadime.htm)

Europe is 10,355,000 sq km - bigger than ALL of Australia
(http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570768/Europe.html)

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Argh!  This site needs a “Preview” button !

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This site, the norg?

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I’ll fix the links, so the layout isn’t broken :-)

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He has no head for figures.  Remember the costings on the canal?  Why does this surprise anyone?

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