10.7-kilogram gold nugget, stored in box used for hallway cricket

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    whinfell Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    ABC News (with photo): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-...get-goes-on-display-australian-museum/7033902
     
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    whinfell Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    "I have, for the record, asked Treasury to open every box they can find," Mike Baird added :lol:
     
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    Typical. Most public servants can only think "inside the box".
     
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    And apparently (by admission) our taxes go towards games of hallway cricket.
     
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    "Years ago the State Government was trying to work out where to put the nugget for safekeeping after it was entrusted to Treasury."

    If that just doesn't say it all ....
     
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