It's actually a great idea if it weren't for the financial crisis were in. It should have been an opportunity to bolster regional areas in a non sports rort way.
Whether you like Dan or not I think this is the correct call. I believe Dan was counting on some federal funding to make this happen and that Albo probably pulled it in favour of a surplus.
So instead of spending the extra couple of billion, we would also need to spend the couple of billion we should have gotten federally and we got screwed instead.
On that though, I think Dan needs to appoint a successor and plan to retire.
Because NASAs shit will work on the moon and look okay while doing it?