An anniversary devoid of answers

What could the government have announced on the first anniversary of the deadly Tempe rail crash on February 28? That the country's rail network is now safe and the ways in which this was achieved. If this was too demanding a task, it could have offered assurances that the railway is, at the very least, safer than it was. Alternatively, if such announcements demanded work that has not been done, it could have spoken about what has been done in terms of infrastructure, technology and accident prevention, even if progress in these areas has not been spectacular.

We could have finally learned, from official lips, what was lacking in our railways and what was done in the space of a year to make up for it. Was the signal lighting system fixed? Was the remote operating system installed? Anything. The government didn't need to go into subjects related to the ongoing judicial...