Comments on: Kicking against the Prix

By: observa

observa — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:06:27 +0000

And now all we need do to make the victory complete, is get the AFL GF shifted each year to the home State of the highest qualifier. They could then set up bigscreens at the MCG, playing VFL GF replays for all the Vics suffering withdrawal symptoms.

By: Rex

Rex — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:26:46 +0000

I can’t comment on the reports Robert because I haven’t seen them, but the fact that there are all these inconclusive claims of economic benefits, yet the public are not allowed to see the actual costs or T&C’s points only one way. It’s a dud.

There are winners of course. The Crown Casino, Fosters, The Daily Planet, Lygon St. – But overall its a big loser.

In my view the businesses that want it to stay should be the ones to subsidise it. Then we’d start to see some real hard nosed financial calculations being done.

By: Robert Braby

Robert Braby — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:32:05 +0000

The Melbourne G.P. is one of the great con. tricks of Australian politics. In 11 years it has accumulated $86m. of losses and Victorian taxpayers have been gullible enough to swallow them.

Let me put forward a hypothesis, as yet unproven, but I leave you to assess its plausibility.

1. Some years ago, G.P. boss Bernie Ecclestone donated one mill. pounds (I think) to the British Labour party to shore up the G.P. there, so it

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:22:38 +0000

Great place, Rex. I remember it well. And you’re not wrong; any place which stops trams in the middle of the road so drivers can clean up alighters gets my vote for sporting thrillcentre. No idea why Melbourne needed F1 with that going on!

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:08:47 +0000

Melbourne? It still exists?

It’s life Robert, but not as we know it!

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:05:49 +0000

Melbourne? It still exists?

By: Ken Lovell

Ken Lovell — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:15:44 +0000

Would you like the Gold Coast Indy to tart it up a bit? You could run a double-header over two weekends and get $200 million worth of free international publicity. And the Indy girls’ tans aren’t even fake :-).

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:59:25 +0000

That’s right FX. Sometimes you’ve got to run with the ‘vibe of the thing”

By: Francis X Holden

Francis X Holden — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:06:41 +0000

Tony T – You’ve just shown up how out of touch you are. At least Rex doesn’ have to stoop to checking facts to make an argument.

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:00:07 +0000

Tony. You and I both know these complicated dates thingies, are lost on the average Melbournian.

By: Tony.T

Tony.T — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:50:15 +0000

Just to clear up any misconceptions Rex may have given about the who, what and when of Melbourne and the Olympics: Melbourne lost their bid for the 1996 Olympics in 1990; Kennett was elected in 1992; Melbourne didn’t bid when Sydney won the 2000 Olympics in 1993.

And BALLS! to motor racing.

By: Dave from Albury

Dave from Albury — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:55:49 +0000

As someone who doesn’t pay taxes or receive services in Victoria, let me say thanks for bringing the GP closer than Adelaide.

By: Stationary Orbit » Grand Pricks

Stationary Orbit » Grand Pricks — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:54:05 +0000

[...] Well It is time for the Grand Pricks to return to Melbourne, a time when the city is crowded with drunk Germans and the type of people who pay to travel across the world or across the country to see some weird looking motor cars go round and round and round. Over at Club Troppo Rex Ringschott takes a go at the GP: Club Troppo

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:42:21 +0000

Sorry to rub it in, Rex, but we don’t want it back. I’m afraid the rev-head event that we in Adders snared to replace the Grand Prix after you Victorian sods pinched it, namely the Clipsal 500, is getting bigger and better and more lucrative every year.

Heh.