Vic: Nat Express pullout shows Labor can't run contracts, Doyle
MELBOURNE, Dec 17 AAP - Victorian Opposition Leader Robert Doyle today said the stategovernment had bungled its dealings with public transport operators, leading one of theoperators to abandon its train and tram franchises.
Mr Doyle denied contracts signed under the former Kennett government were to blame for the mess.
Instead, he said it showed the government was incapable of managing contracts withthe private sector.
"Surely, it's their responsibility to manage this franchise" he said.
"This is an operator who is successful around the world in running public transport systems
" ... why is it that they can't make it work under a Bracks Labor government?"
Mr Doyle also said the government must have known National Express was about to pullout before the recent state election, but chose to hide the fact from the Victorian public.
"It is impossible to believe that the government did not know about this before theelection," he said.
AAP bp/gfr/mg/bwl
KEYWORD: TRAMS DOYLE
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