Outspoken Labor MP given dressing down
GOVERNMENT insiders say Labor MP Bruce Saunders has been given “a kick from up high” by the party after his comments that the Commonwealth Games was looming as a “transport debacle”.
The Bulletin yesterday reported Mr Saunders’s remarks that the Government was struggling to have enough trains before next April’s event.
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad played down the comments, saying they simply underlined the Member for Maryborough’s dedication to his constituents.
“Bruce is quite a colourful and passionate advocate for his community and we know that Maryborough is a rail manufacturing community,” she said on the Gold Coast yesterday.
“We have only late last month released our transport operation plan for the Commonwealth Games and we are ... very confident that we will have a number of the new trains in passenger service ready for the Games.”