Was PM John Howard guilty of rolling out the pork barrel when he took direct funding control of a Devonport hospital in Tasmania?

http://cid-fdcd3a2a3afd47c4.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Spoonman%20Editorials/PorkBarrel03082007.mp3

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