Idk, it sounded like there were problems with the port side of things but you can't really gauge whether the costs are justified based on how much the ferries were going to be. They go with each other but they're not the same type of project.

Anyway, instead of trying to address any of that they just cancelled it ideologically because labour, and they've wasted a tonne of money for nothing.

They've done this right across govt, inherited an economy with some challenges and deliberately nosedived it into the ground.

We may need some new planes and shit but the money they're putting in looks absolutely galling compared to how they've wrecked everything else.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, I think cutting your losses and starting over when you're dealing with a shitshow on this scale is pretty sensible.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

Not if there are immense costs associated with cutting the project.

Nothing this government has done has been sensible or based on logic or fiscal calculations. It's all based on ideology and the will to humiliate the previous government in any way they can and of course to suppress opposition from any quarter.