1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: The road Cone Hotline. I know you loved it. You 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: might have called it. Well, it's been shut down half 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: a year early, after only six months of operation, so 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: basically half its life and nearly ninety percent of the 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: reports that people that they got about the road cones 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: they were actually compliant with the council approved traffic plans. Now, 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Labour's upset about this, calling it absurd, waste of public money, 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera. Labor Transport spokesperson tang it's a 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: kiddy is with me tonight? Good evening, Tangy, Nice to 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: have you on the show. 11 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: Oh, curw iter Ryan, good to be with you. 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: Now. Well, yes, it was a bit of a gimmick 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: I suppose. But was it a complete waste of money? 14 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: Well, I think it was. I think it was an 15 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 2: absolute face and the fact that the government have moved 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: duly to shut it down later this week is a 17 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: pure indication that it's a complete waste of public money. 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: So how much did we waste? 19 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: Well, sort of, as of the end of thirtieth or September, 20 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: it was just shy of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: It's bent on the hotline If you look at the 22 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: number of complaints that were actually logged to that point, 23 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 2: it was just over a thousand, so you know, it 24 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: soon adds up. But what could have happened as the 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: government could have simply picked up the phone had a 26 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: conversation with counsels and others about, you know what the 27 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: rate of non compliances. But instead, instead we find ourselves 28 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: the bill will be over one hundred and fifty thousand, 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: and then of course you've got starting and contractors brought 30 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: in to train these staff over the road cone hotline 31 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: a complete waste of money. 32 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: It does seem like a little bit over the top. 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: But the ministers is giving people a voice, tanguing, giving 34 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: people the public of voice. The problem, I guess is 35 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: that they are saying, actually most of the complaints that 36 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: were made they were compliant. So do you think, like 37 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: does the labor think that we have a problem with 38 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: the rules that allow so many road cones or do 39 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: you think the public are just miss overegging it. 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: Look, I don't think anyone likes to have too many 41 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: road cones, as they had it hit about the place. 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: But what the government's answered who this was was to 43 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: simply pump some money, put some resource into a hotline. 44 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: That clearly has been a failure of all of the 45 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: callouts that actually went out. So when someone actually lodged 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: a complaint and then someone was displashed to the site, 47 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: it's about ninety three percent of those callouts indicated that 48 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: the cones there was nothing wrong with them. So you know, 49 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 2: this is again a waste of public money. Nobody likes 50 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: too many road comes. But this was certainly not the 51 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: way that the government should have solved the issue. They 52 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: should have picked up the phone, had a conversation with counsels, 53 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: worked with them to get the information that they did, 54 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: and it certainly wouldn't have cost them at more than 55 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty grand at the end of the day. 56 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: Tell you there will be people listening to this who 57 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: will be saying, oh my goodness, this is a labor 58 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: empre I mean pot kettle black, a labour mp going 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: on about wasteful spending. 60 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: Well, the bottom line is this, this is a government 61 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: that is all about priorities and it's chosen to pump 62 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty thousand dollars or more than one 63 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty thousand dollars into something that has been 64 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: a complete failure. I congratulate the government monthing and that 65 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: is on calling it quits for the hotline rather than 66 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: being silly and continuing to roll it out into next year. 67 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 2: They've seen that this has been a failure and they've 68 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: decided to basically pull the plug later this week rather 69 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: than continue the staff moving into next year. 70 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: TANGI, I appreciate you being on the show. Thank you 71 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: very much for that, and Merry Christmas and to you 72 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: have a good one. 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