How the weather washed out a Labor Government

Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"The problem for Labor was that this was an election in which one of big issues was government waste - and one of the big symbols of that waste was its desalination plant. It was first promised at $3.1 billion, but is being delivered for $5.7 billion - with water bills already soaring as a result. And with the rains filling the dams again, even Age reporters were jeering:

IT NEVER rains but it pours. After years of severe drought shaping the spending and direction of the Labor government, the deluge of 2010 has created new challenges for John Brumby in the minefield of water policy. With nearly three years’ worth of water sitting in Melbourne’s dams, Labor’s massive desalination plant looks less like a salvation and more like a hip-pocket hazard for families facing soaring water bills."