http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2012/08/16/bread-circuses-in-darwin-crumbs-in-the-bush-do-the-numbers/ The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide - Chicago Tribune. Sun, 19 May 2013 04:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2012/08/16/bread-circuses-in-darwin-crumbs-in-the-bush-do-the-numbers/#comment-3778 Rolf Gerritsen Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:54:15 +0000 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=8963#comment-3778 Kieran – Just back from my son’s wedding in Ireland and this cheered me up. This story is what the media should be writing. The scandalous expenditure imbalance between Darwin and the rest of the NT needs to be constantly emphasised. Especially because of the fact that a lot of the money spent on Darwin is “earned” through Aboriginal disadvantage enhancing our share of the GST revenue distribution.
As they say in West Africa … “more grease to your elbow”!

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