Is this an omen about the Rees Government? After the duststorm will it be locusts, frogs and boils?

I was handing out at Tempe Station this morning. The dust storm lent a biblical aspect to the whole exercise. Excellent response from the public, many of whom were swathed about the face with scarves or wearing dust masks. Yesterday I did Sydenham station where a couple of us handed out 500 papers in just over an hour.

There's been a lot of discussion among activists as to the best slogan to use to "sell" the paper to passers-by. For my money it's "Stop the metro madness!". That this project is a just nuts is a huge undercurrent in the community, and I find that it connects with people straight away.

Anyway, here's a couple of facts to think about:

• At $5.3b, the 7km of the CBD Metro would cost $753,143 per METRE.

• The population of NSW is, as near as damnit, 7 million, so that's $753.00 for every man, woman and child in the state.

And there would be absolutely NOTHING to show for it.