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Employees[edit]

That employees figure is totally wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.30.199 (talk) 10:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Correct number added —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dub1968 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates. Why?[edit]

An editor keen to add coordinates across Wikipedia (he tells us this on his user page) has just done so for this article. I'm not sure it's a sensible approach for this topic. The location of the VicRoads head office is otherwise very well defined by its address in the info box, with even more detail in the text. It could not be more precisely defined. In addition, VicRoads is a body that operates and has other offices all over the state of Victoria. What is the point of listing precise coordinates for just one of these offices? It seems to place undo importance on one not terribly relevant fact.

HiLo48 (talk) 18:22, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Governance[edit]

This section has a neutrality issue.

"Arguing that the reform would go "one step beyond" the formation of Transport for Victoria, Andrews said that merging the two agencies would lead to planning of an integrated and mode-agnostic transport network. However, the announcement was criticised by the state Opposition as a cynical exercise to obfuscate the planning failures of existing agencies. Although the Rail, Tram and Bus Union supported the government's decision, the Australian Services Union, representing a large number of VicRoads administrative staff, opposed the merger."

State Oppositions and unions always oppose any restructures, so it is hardly noteworthy. The article should reflect what is planned will happen in a neutral tone, without the opinions of vested interests. Fishaharris (talk) 10:59, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with removing mention of the Opposition predictably opposing, but if you read carefully, your comment about unions isn't true. One union has supported and one has opposed the change. That seems notable, but reasons would be interesting to see. HiLo48 (talk) 11:13, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As the editor who added the information, it was obviously my intention to be neutral. It would be less neutral no to mention that the change was opposed by significant groups (Oppositions don't oppose everything, but I do take your point here. Probably worth adding the comments of the PTUA and RACV if they've made any, as I usually do on transport issues, and then the whole thing can be condensed to avoid giving undue weight. Triptothecottage (talk) 11:20, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]