Anthony Albanese — Australian Politician born on March 02, 1963,

Anthony Norman Albanese is an Australian politician who represents the Division of Grayndler for the Australian Labor Party as well as being the party's spokesperson on Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Previously he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Leader of the House of Representatives. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1996... (wikipedia)

Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.
Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.
The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies very much upon agreements between nation-states, and it is not an area in which you have free market operations.
Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.
Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.