For the interested obserer the capitulation of Andrew Wilkie to the Gillard camp has interesting undertones for us concerned with the RAH debacle. AW wanted to do something for the RHH, According to the published information (ABC24) AW went in hard for a new completely rebuilt, Tony Abbott was willig to give him that wish, then when he went to Julia she charmed him with the "we are the only responsible party" mantra and he changed his wish to that which supports the RHH decision in 2009 to rebuild on site. Now there will be a direct grant to pay for it. What is of interest is the original demand that of a greenfields site even though the planning for rebuilding was well under way - who had the ear of AW before his ascdendancy, and who's got it now.
Considering the SA situation, no one seems to be blowing the whistle on the Rann, Foley Hill arrangenment pushing the unnecessary costs to the Commonwealth. If the arrangement was a tax matter then the arranger woukd be arrested and charged. That's what we need here.
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