INFRASTRUCTURE:
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled a cheap solution to the ongoing cost blowouts of the massive Snowy 2.0 hydro-electric power project he initiated in 2017.
Mr Turnbull has in the past defended his and his government’s decision-making that led to the announcement of the “nation building” project.
He has now admitted he was wrong to use a “guestimate” of $2 billion as the cost of the project when launching the massive underground tunnelling scheme which will provide an extra 2,000 megawatts of power to the national electricity grid – an increase of 50% on the existing Snowy Hydro network. (main picture)
But he still took no responsibility for the overall cost escalation of the project which is now anticipated to cost $25 billion when completed in 2029.
“However, as a former prime minister and one with a giant brain box, as everyone knows, I can help mitigate the cost blowout with some of my trademark retrospective brilliant thinking,” Mr Turnbull said.
“Most of the rise in the project’s cost has been associated with unforeseen problems with tunnelling, including lengthy halts to work after the huge tunnel boring machines being used to dig out 40 kms of new tunnels have got themselves stuck in boggy conditions deep underground.
“Well, as someone who is an acknowledged expert in boring, I have found a solution.
“I’ll be suggesting that we withdraw all the big boring machines and replace them with that guy from the Trivago ads. (below)
“From what I’ve seen of him, I’m certain he’ll chomp through anything at great speed,” Mr Turnbull said before launching into a lengthy explanation for why his successor as PM Scott Morrison was actually to blame for the entire Snowy 2.0 fiasco “except any of the good bits, if any do exist, which can be attributed solely to me”.
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