Your views: on a Premier’s legacy, subs and more
Today, readers comment on the Malinauskas Government’s first year, submarine spin and redeveloping Keswick Barracks.
Commenting on the story: ‘I’m not thinking about legacies’: Malinauskas marks one year of Labor Government
It was the heritage, community and park lands lobbies that delivered a Labor victory in the seat of Adelaide. A year later they feel totally betrayed at every level.
Maybe the government could in some small part redeem itself by making the non-heritage parts of the old Children’s Hospital park lands join Brougham Place to the river. But that is unlikely because the agenda is to grab as much free park lands as it can and make windfall profits on the old site. So disappointed. – Garth Owen
The most important Premiers in modern South Australian history – think Playford with his focus on turning the state into a manufacturing powerhouse or Dunstan in creating the cultured Adelaide we enjoy today – undoubtedly considered their legacies carefully.
On a federal level, when Bob Hawke died in 2019, his Government’s important legacy was fondly remembered by many Australians. When the former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, said early last year that he was unconcerned about his own legacy – he was widely (and fairly) ridiculed as lacking substance and the ability for self-examination.
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While Premier Malinauskas might describe his job as “temporary” in nature, the legacy his Government could create in modernising our tired public transport infrastructure, providing more affordable housing and ensuring Adelaide’s successful planning for the next 50 years, is anything but temporary. – Louis Rankin
Commenting on the opinion piece: Facts submerged amid nuclear subs spin
You have omitted some pertinent facts here.
1: The US will not allow Australia to build any US origin SSN in Australia, that would never get through Congress. The only reason we are getting used Virginia Class SSN is because we are paying $2.5 billion to clear up part of their maintenance backlog which will enable them to supply us those boats.
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2: The US has no capacity to build us any SSN.
3: The US will cease manufacture of the Virginia Class in 2043. They will them move to the SSNX.
4: The British SSN (R) is the successor to Astute: it will be larger and more capable than Astute. The UK does not have the capacity to deliver their boats and ours, hence the manufacture in Adelaide.
5: $268-368 billion is for 30 years covering acquisition, sustainment, weapons, maintenance, crews, training etc etc. It costs every country the same just we cost it more comprehensively and it takes estimated inflation and exchange rates into account.
7: Countries have been dealing with nuclear waste quite well for 70 years. – Richard Alexander
I am shocked that Matthew Abraham seems to be an anti-nuclear nay-sayer over the submarine deal.
If the communist Chinese government is aghast about AUKUS and our nuclear-powered submarine deal with the USA and the UK, this shows it needs to be supported. China has undertaken the biggest military build-up since World War 2 in its effort to achieve world dominance.
Let’s hope Australia doesn’t continue to twiddle its thumbs while this is happening. Think of the 1930s when all the peaceniks were calling Churchill a warmonger. But then this is Australia today, and the left loathe both armaments and nuclear power. – Evonne Moore
Commenting on the story: Old plans dusted off for new Keswick Barracks development
One very important inclusion in the old Le Cornu site is to include a multi deck car park for the Ashford Hospital.
It can be functional and attractive as is shown by the multi deck carpark at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. This should be a prerequisite for development of the site. – Ian Noblet
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