I’ve been thinking about Richard Torbay’s complaints about the recent sod-turning at the new UNE clinical school, and something doesn’t add up.
The Labor-appointed Chancellor of the UNE, Richard Torbay, invited the Labor Federal Health Minister to turn the sod at the new federally-funded UNE clinical school in Armidale.
Broadband and Com-munications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy (Labor), already scheduled to be in Armidale to visit NBN-related projects at the invitation of Independent MP Tony Windsor, agreed to step in and turn the sod.
The once-Independent (now National Party member), Richard Torbay, is on record criticising the arrangement to form a Labor led Federal coalition government, and hence the Federal funding source for the UNE clinical school, because Torbay believed his so-called Independent brand had been tarnished.
Presumably Torbay prefers a NSW Liberal National Government that won’t fund the Armidale Hospital redevelopment.
The Federal National Party candidate (once-Labor Party member and Labor appointed NSW Speaker), Richard Torbay, complains that he didn’t get top billing at the sod turning event, saying it is a shame the very issue he is raising will ‘overshadow’ this important event.
So why would he raise it then? Is the important event the UNE clinical school – or Torbay?
The Labor-appointed UNE Chancellor, Richard Torbay, and Federal Notional Party candidate, Richard Torbay, then criticises a Federal Labor Minister who was invited to Armidale for turning up in support of Federal Independent Tony Windsor MP — so why did Torbay invite a Federal Labor Minister in the first place?
And which of these Richard Torbays is the one carrying out a campaign against staff at UNE over this matter?
Does anyone else see a conflict of interest here? Please explain.
Jack Arnold
Armidale
