The AMA’s million-dollar bust-up — whose cash is it anyway?
The public row rupturing the AMA is, on the surface, about the family finances.
AMA WA is in revolt over the cash it is handing to the federal AMA to keep its extensive lobbying operations running in Canberra.
As we reported a couple of weeks ago, it has withheld a million dollars from the federal AMA while it has been negotiating a new funding agreement.
What seems material to the dispute is the severe financial pressure AMA WA is under.