Regional Development Australia Southern Inland deserves credit for initiating this proposal and gathering major players at the table. It has also put meat on the bones with an economic study backing the relocation’s financial viability. Deloitte’s analysis shows net savings of $2.6 million annually.

There are good reasons for Yennora to move out of Sydney. Land and rent prices are going through the roof, shareholders are receiving diminishing returns and large spacious premises are being squeezed out. It’s questionable whether Yennora will be there at all in years to come given these pressures.

The 45 wool auction sales it holds annually could not only brought to Goulburn but built upon. We are already the largest wool storage centre in NSW but there’s big opportunity for a museum, education and training centre. Education providers can springboard off this and play a major role in industry succession planning.

This is a fantastic opportunity to restore Goulburn’s rightful place in the wool industry and invigorate its economy. All it needs is will and support. 

It is often during a time of inaction where the true characters comes out of the shadows and it seems MP Pru Goward, is that person.

Her slanting statements towards the unions about the future of Bourke Street Health Service are not only confusing but surprising. Ms Goward cannot dictate the future of Bourke Street Health Service, only the Southern NSW Local Health District can. Strategically, it has stayed silent, watching the unions and Ms Goward inching closer and closer.

In the meantime it created a high degree of confusion and uncertainty about a vital health facility. People naturally wanted answers. The Health District’s announcement on February 3 that Bourke Street would stay open was deliberately vague. The Post sought clarification but garnished little clarity. In reality, there was no new information on top of that released in January.

Ms Goward has accused The Post on social media of ‘enjoying the confusion, rather than reporting the facts.’ But if bureaucrats and politicians did not indulge in weasel words, we’d all be a lot better off.