Is this Commercial in Confidence or Commercial Incompetence?

So much of the Burswood Park racetrack imbroglio is shrouded in mystery and shape shifting. What are we supposed to believe?

The whole chaotic episode started with the Premier, Deputy Premier and the Member for Victoria Park gurnng away like an advertisement for a cut-price dentist outside Optus Oval. Imagine he noise opined the Premier. How exciting.

Yes the local population could imagine the noise and it was NOT excited. Perhaps the Premier has a tin ear because he did not address the opposition. What he and his loyal apparatchiks did was to adjust the story.

We had a four session faux consultation. All held at Optus Stadium, all during working hours and 2 sessions on AFL match days. Nothing in the communities most affected. No opportunity to register opposition to the project.

We then had the Environmental Protection Agency non-review. There is so much environmental vandalism going on that the EPA would have to put some stringent conditions on this project. But lo and behold all they did was take the “Nothing to see here” approach and handballed the issues down the line. Throughout the process of making submissions to the EPA there was little to no information publically available. It was shrouded in a Commercial in Confidence shield.

By now the Premier only had to look at the negative press; 30 stories in July, 45 in August, 48 in September, 25 in October, 53 in November, 32 in December and 21 so far in January. On top of this there was a packed standing room only public meeting and a picnic in the park. Even blind Freddy can see the electorate is not welcoming of this project.

To date nearly one year after the “Voom, Voom” announcement there has been absolutely no scale map or plan of the race-track. Commercial in confidence or incompetence? All we have seen are childlike cartoon artists impressions of what the Premier dreams will be there.

The final insult, to rub salt into the the environmental wounds was the renaming of the geographical area to Perth Park. As if this makes everything go away. Premier this is NOT OK for someone who told the electorate he was going to be humble this pretentious egotistical conceited project does not cut the mustard.

Be an adult, not a spoilt brat. Axe the track.

electorate he was going to be humble