FORMER
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously distinguished what is known from
what isn’t.
There
are some things that straddle both categories — things the government knows but
we don’t, but should.
The
circumstances surrounding the second Bass Strait interconnector Marinus is a
case in point.
Legislative
Council independent Ruth Forrest finally managed to get an answer to a Question
on Notice as to why Hydro Tasmania’s balance sheet lost $200 million — or about
10 per cent of its value — in the 2019 year. Such a large amount begs an
explanation.