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The Platform: Sean Plunket interviews Anita Baker on the Transmission Gully opening ceremony blowout – what happened? where did the $ go?
Covers quite a lot of interesting ground, puts some more flesh on the bones. See as well my other posts on this issue – here and here. I ask again, just what cost $337,000 of our money
June 16, 2022
See my list of questions here.
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