MOORE///TALKS//PEAK///OIL

Last week Sydney Lord Mayor and NSW Legislative Assembly Member for Sydney, Clover Moore, addressed the NSW Parliament on peak oil and the need to transfer the state's economy away from oil dependence.

Specifically, she advocated light rail for Sydney CBD, cycling and pedestrian routes, expanded heavy rail and bus networks for outer suburbs, fast rail to the Central Coast and a new freight network to the major ports.

She even included a plug for her Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan. With new Treasurer Eric Roozendaal working on the November mini-budget it may already be too late for an eleventh-hour plea for new major transport projects. Good on her for trying, though!

Her entire speech is available in NSW Parialment hansard here.