there's more touristy things to do in the Territory than in or around Perth and they could get some significant benefits of it in the long term.
righty oh, but I’d pretty confidently say - nope. Nothing wrong with the territory but in total I’d comfortably argue there is not more touristy things to do, and the benefits that a Darwin hub bring to the service (that not a lot of people use for an actual stopover) are limited once WA comes to its senses and opens up.
You seem to have an unhealthy hatred of the West… I dislike McGowan with a passion, but wishing for a base closure and the resulting upheaval for hundreds of Staff seems a little cruel.
Not to mention the stupidity of bypassing a market of 2 million plus potential passengers of which 170000 are UK expats… yeah that’d be a brilliant strategy.