Foxy,
Your standard exit tactic, leave the thread without actually offering a suggestion for a solution to problems such as wasting big taxpayer dollars on some wealthy pensioner's funeral.
Do you realise that the cost of a State funeral could probably keep a dozen families for a whole year ?
Which do you think would do more good ? I'd rather see some families getting a fair deal than a bunch of useless bureaucrats getting hundreds of dollars a day travel allowance to attend the funeral of someone who has already cost us a too much whilst still alive.
Please don't run away again before you reply to this one.

Indi

While we are at it, we could boot that useless loafer presently occupying Kirribilli House out, and move in that dozen needy families.
From such a fantastic location they could sit in those million dollar deck chairs and get a great view of the State Funeral for Nifty Nev at the same time.

Paul1405,
Yep, from the master of me,me,me. If you were smarter you'd have noticed that I did say that it is ok by me to fork out taxpayers dollars for an incumbent leader. Your incomprehensible senselessness now suggests to waste even more money for such pointless frivolity.

DD,
I noted that you mentioned a mental hospital in Goulburn, NSW.

It was called Kenmore Hospital and, as I recall, the closure was devastating for both staff and patients. Some patients ended up in jail and others were taken advantage of financially and sexually.

Prior to the Wran government there was a 'decentralisation scheme' whereby government departments and companies were encouraged to relocate from Sydney to country centres. Wran scrapped that and again as I recall, Goulburn lost about 5000 government jobs, which amounted to about 20,000 leaving the town and going to Sydney. I expect other large country towns had similar experience.

It seems Labor has these great ideas, but with unintended consequences.

It seems Labor has these great ideas, but with unintended consequences.
Banjo,
How can one aptly describe the ALP without using words like incompetent or unitended stupidity ?
Anyhow, I'm still waiting for Foxy to tell us that the funding for the funeral of Neville Wran should take priority over struggling families courtesy of the ALP.

Thanks Indi,

How can one aptly describe the ALP without using words like incompetent or unitended stupidity.

Here in NSW; How can one aptly describe the Liberal Party without using works like, criminal or corrupt.

Not much of a choice there, Unless of course you vote GREEN. Then you can use words like honesty and integrity.