Maree was the first of the bad Easson kids. First to stay out late, drink to excess, wake up really, really late on weekends; first to argue unconvincingly that she had puffed, but never inhaled. First to leave home.
It is timely to revisit Michael Easson’s term as secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales. Easson was the subject of criticism in some quarters during his period as secretary and criticisms have been aired subsequently.
Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald article on Western FastRail (WFR) by Linton Besser is inaccurate, dishonest, and poor journalism. And it ignores a key point: the WFR consortium proposes that any high-speed link to western Sydney be competitively tendered.
Discussion paper prepared for circulation by the NSW Fabian Society in November 2008, following a conference on NSW transport strategies and priorities the month before.