Well today the Iemma Government finally announced a financial assistance package for the horse (not just racing) industry - around $7 million! This pales in comparison to Queensland's assistance for its industry of four times that amount - and NSW has the largest number of people affected.
Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.
This Government is really showing itself as very uncaring and self-interested and the opposition should take notice. I've only ever voted for the opposition once and that was when I was in a safe seat of theirs and couldn't see the point in voting against them. But Iemma and co's response to this crisis (and they still want to hold World Youth Day at Randwick, but don't get me started on that) has me absolutely livid.
They really have no idea - hospitals, public transport, toll roads, public roads. They can't get those right now they aid in crippling the racing industry, a sector which provides hundreds of millions of dollars to their coffers. Guess what the money is used for, well some of it, that's right roads, hospitals, schools etc etc.
The flow on effect is going to be savage. But they don't care, do they.
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