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Hi Andy, thanks yours above. If the DHB were a PLC or private company, then no quibbles, they'd be accountable to their shareholders or private owners for how they dispose of their excess cash, just as Wonga are. But they are not (and hopefully never will be) a PLC or privately owned company. DHB are in the public sector and acccountable to their stakeholders, who include the Ferry companies, the Town, DHB employees and other interested parties (you and me both).
The NT had 50 days of its campaign left to run and was on target to reach its target without this donation from the DHB. My main problem is with the incongruity of this donation and the lack of pre-advice to stakeholders who had a right, under MTP2, to be consulted prior to a decision being made, in relation to everything that the DHB has previously told all of us. Whilst the DHB remains a Trust Port, it should be held to account by its stakeholders for how it raises and spends its revenue/profits.
Not feeling sorry for the ferry companies per se, just putting it in the light that this donation from DHB might appear from their point of view.