September 4, 2010

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/investigators-in-the-dock-after-debacle-20100903-14ufa.html

IF, SOMEWHERE in this world, there existed a handful of people who remained thankful for the NSW government this week, they might have been concentrated in the federal agencies responsible for the nation's biggest tax hunt.

Attacked as desperate cretins with no class by Paul Hogan, one of Australia's favourite sons, and forced to drop their main charge against a primary target, Project Wickenby's bureaucratic cluster of acronyms - the AFP, ACC, ATO, ASIC and CDPP - had a forgettable seven days.

Only NSW Labor could have made them look good, and it obliged, with its latest round of corruption, nepotism and pornography obscuring the extent to which public support for Wickenby's $400 million-plus price tag is under threat.