Asset sales?

With the government busily back-sliding on almost all of their controversial legislative plans, the budget in tatters and a heavy shortfall in revenue on the scope, pressure to sell 'government' (aka as 'our') assets will increase.

Yesterday, Fairfax ran a story about a survey of Canberra MPs who are also substantial property holders. Apparently, the probe found that the 'average' MP owns 2.5 properties. At the top of the league table was a Queensland appointed LNP senator (Barry O'Sullivan) who possesses 50 such assets  worth an estimated $300million! Which indicates nothing except, perhaps, that some Queensland representatives at least must have an delicate task balancing pecuniary interests stemming from their private and legislative lives?

Still, 'it's an ill wind...' as they say. With the government's urgent need for some 'readies', why not see if any of their property nabobs would like to franchise public edifices (like parliament house) into multi-purpose self-sufficiency revenue spinners... like a casino for instance? Games of chance would not be that far removed from activities currently carried on within the precinct(?)