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They now say $13m+ isn’t enough, they want about $18m

 

There was a private consortium wanted to build one, but they weren’t allowed put it on the City side so pulled the plug

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What a surprise - not.

 

Typical private enterprise, wanting to socialise the losses/costs, but privatise the profits. No accountability.

 

Never a truer word was said.

 

Where was the funding coming from? If Government, how can it be a private port?

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They did the same with Darwin, sold it off to the Chinese and lease it back. Makes no sense at all.

 

They play the long game. Our government just wants the short term sugar hit of some extra cash... ongoing costs are someone else's problem. Hence the poor governance we have now.

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