At least they only incinerated $200k and not $200bn I guess...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/ai-body-scrapped-15-months-spent-experts/106381560

AI body scrapped after spending $188k finding experts

It took 15 months to narrow a field of 270 AI experts to 12 appointees for an AI authority, at a cost of almost $200,000, before it was suddenly scrapped by the federal government.