People at work tell me the boss loves stories about Melbourne's embattled train network. And why wouldn't he? It's a staple, a constant, and it allows you to be instantly relevant to a huge swathe of your viewers.
Unfortunately there is nowhere I can see that we can take the Herald Sun's story of this morning. A couple of lines lifted from last year's business plan, admitting that the service supplier, Connex, can't fix the rail system problems without help from the infrastructure owner, the state government. Nothing we didn't already really know, but we haven't seen it in aninternal document previously.
Interviews: Premier Brumby, Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu, the Connex PR girl, and the Public Transport Users spokesman. By mid-afternoon I have the lead story. A bit thin, if you ask me, but as I said, the boss loves the train yarns.
Also: a live-cross from Flinders St Station. The cameraman and I hunt around for a location and a moment which has the requisite attributes of a suitable rail backdrop, an absence of intrusive PA announcements, and the right light for 6pm.
We make it in the nick of time. Satisfying.
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