Open for just six months, Adelaide’s National Wine Centre is losing a lot of money: around $200,000 each month. The new South Australian government has moved to put the Centre under direct Treasury control, which may or may not be a good thing. Premier Mike Rann has demanded a cost reduction of 10% and an increase in revenue of 20% by June. Taxpayers, most of them South Australian, raised $32 million of the $35.6 million to construct the Centre, which was supposed to attract 170,000 visitors each year. It’s a brilliant venue, by why was the tourism component built in Adelaide?
