Bill GreenHalliburton ripped us off on major infrastructure
July 1st 2008 00:52
After Four Corners exposed Halliburton for fraudulently taking $US23 billion out of the re-build Iraq budget, it's probably tardy to mention they also built the railway line from Adelaide to Darwin and ripped us off as well.
They dispensed with every third railway sleeper which means trains carrying heavy loads will do damage to the embankments the sleepers rest on, so speed and load is well down. The train that was filmed leaving the south for the north, with a lengthy string of carriages, was only 10% loaded.
Neither is the embankment built to specifications; it's well below freight train criteria. If it's used for carrying nuclear waste to its northern resting places, watch out desert dwellers.
This is a story that hasn't been broken by the mainstream media, although they probably have reason - perhaps lengthy time delays applying for freedom of information documents.
One might wonder why Halliburton received preferential treatment from the Australian Government but remember John Howard was a good mate of Cheney, who was previously Halliburton's CEO.
It was first mentioned in the offices of the Global Green Plan but the whisteblower has not yet decided to reach out to the mainstream media.
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