Comments on: Tidy towns, applied globally http://guyberes.com/2008/06/24/tidy-towns-applied-globally/ Reflections on social democracy, economics, the media, and spin in an age of incorrigible cynicism. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2008/06/24/tidy-towns-applied-globally/#comment-1390 Guy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:33:54 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/24/tidy-towns-applied-globally/#comment-1390 Well on the air pollution front we could look at an option like a congestion charge, although of course such a policy would be anathema in a place like Sydney that has such a pervasive car culture. Without seeing the full report from Mercer it is unfortunately impossible to know precisely which areas in health and sanitation Sydney performed particularly poorly in, if any. One assumes the Federal Government through some arm of its bureaucracy will have already purchased the report. Well on the air pollution front we could look at an option like a congestion charge, although of course such a policy would be anathema in a place like Sydney that has such a pervasive car culture. Without seeing the full report from Mercer it is unfortunately impossible to know precisely which areas in health and sanitation Sydney performed particularly poorly in, if any.

One assumes the Federal Government through some arm of its bureaucracy will have already purchased the report.

]]> By: Matthew Gee Kwun Chan http://guyberes.com/2008/06/24/tidy-towns-applied-globally/#comment-1385 Matthew Gee Kwun Chan Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:34:14 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2008/06/24/tidy-towns-applied-globally/#comment-1385 What should Sydney do to improve its health and sanitation ratings? What should Sydney do to improve its health and sanitation ratings?

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