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19/07/24

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Originally posted by Lapdog ↑

@Dovif; the biggest factors impacting blowouts in the cost of Victoria's 'Big Build' are well-known:

1. The disruption to global supply chains caused by responses to the Covid Pandemic.
2. The even worse disruption to global supply chains caused by the USA's unilateral imposition of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
3. The Coalition's decision to follow Trump's lead by being abusive of China and banning Victoria from being involved in the Belt-n-Road initiative.
4. Pressures on the construction sector for resources caused by the Coalition's decision to import cheap and exploitable 'modern day kanaka labour' from third world countries aimed at forcing down real wages and propping up the Coalition's Ponzi real estate sector.
5. Netanyahu's war against Palestinian civilians which has further disrupted global supply chains due to its impact on shipping passing through the Suez Canal.

Any ill-gotten gains attributable to some members of the CFMEU are chicken feed relative to those five factors and are absolutely dwarfed by what's been exposed with those American corporations the Coalition contracted to do work previously done by highly skilled, professional and patriotic Australian bureaucrats.

It's nevertheless essential that issues within the CFMEU are sorted out pronto to ensure that Aussie workers can return to work and complete projects such as Victoria's Big Build.

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Lappy, the biggest cause of global supply chain dislocation was the Covid-19 pandemic that could have been avoided if China had of acknowledged it had a problem and acted quickly rather than hid the fact which then caused the spread which could not be contained.
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