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National's economic development spokesman Paul Goldsmith said his party supports the racing industry but the lines are blurred when a project gets the green light simply because a coalition partner likes the sound of it.
"They should be able to make their case clear, and open and rigourous, and if it stacks up, it stacks up.
"The problem that we've got here is that the whole system is opaque and murky so it's hard to disentangle the arguments, and in that area they're not even making an argument, they're just saying we're going to do it,'' Mr Goldsmith said.
So - I guess no matter whether one likes a particular "sport" or not - quite outrageous to see a government which lost contact with its base a long time ago to put taxpayer money without proper scrutiny and process towards their special friends.