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Meeeooow! - The Bitch in Hitch emerges as Joyce does what every elected member of parliament should be doing - taking care of his own backyard. Sure there's votes in it, but the pork-barrel angle can't be played up too hard; BJ is a shoo in on home turf. Now had he 'thrown' money into an opposition area to try and 'buy' a vote or two that would be a very different matter. But he has not - he's just honoured a promise made by government to upgrade the regional hubs. Be a nice thing if every politician went in to bat for their own airports - the few we have left.

P2 - "Also in the negative for BJ is the behind scenes announcement that MAC (Moorabbin Airport Corp) has been granted an extension (Feb 2022) by BJ to release their MAP??

Or, perhaps they've been given more time to consider ramping down the development  from pack rape to a stolen kiss. The 'plan' for Moorabbin would have decimated established aviation business and rendered the airport virtually unusable to air operations. Perhaps the time has been offered to allow a dignified withdrawal of the bulldozers with minimum loss of face and money. Who knows, but time is money and a project 'held up' for approvals will discourage the 'money'. Parked funding ain't 'working' money and the boys at the top end don't like delays mixed with a government spotlight.

Don't know - just saying......