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Very disappointing, especially when, in the grand scheme of things, $1.4 million is mere petty cash to the government. A small gesture that would have given them great popular support and boosted such a valuable section of the radio industry.
$1.4m is such a drop in the bucket compared with what we're spending on other things. For example we're spending $4m/annum on aid to the Cook Islands a micro nation in the Pacific with strong cultural and economic ties to New Zealand.
Surely we can find some other body to fill the gap?