The Australian Transport Industry Shutdown Convener Mick Pattel (pictured) writes:
The National Road Transport Shutdown is only a short time away and still no-one in Government is taking it seriously.
All attempts to contact Transport Ministers have proven fruitless, it’s almost as if they hope it will go away. That will be a bad mistake, the transport industry has never been more committed to this demonstration of unity than at any other time in the past.
I believe the Prime Minister and State Premiers should be taking control of this matter before it is too late.
When the shutdown happens on the 28th of July there will be about two working days before the Government will react then a further two days to resolve the industries concerns.
By that time the Public, Retailers, Mines, Regional Centres, and Exporters both from Manufacturing and Primary Producers will be in uproar.
No Government can ignore the damage this Transport shutdown will do to the economy of the country, because the industry has voluntarily withdrawn it services in protest there will be nothing the government can do but capitulate.
The list of demands continues to grow as time goes on and it would not surprise me if other industries that are in trouble as a result of poor Government performance will join the protest and add their demands to the list. I believe the door is open for this to happen after the shutdown starts.
The ideal conclusion would be for Governments to head this off before the entire country becomes involved and the fallout could bring about the demise of the Labor Government.
I also believe that they are not going to let a badly formulated piece of Transport Reforms harm their chance of re-election, but then again when did Governments ever listen to the people.
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