Obviously, for a project of this magnitude, significant work has to be done there. Just in response to the Minister’s response, I didn’t say it was bad. I said the trend of increasing debt is not something I’m happy with. The decisions that are being made that end up with that result.
I’d like to comment a little bit on the dreams, you know, that we want to be doing things. In fact, that’s probably the biggest source of my concerns, is that I am totally convinced we could be doing things, and I’m totally convinced we have the capacity within our people and the resources to do them. I’m wondering, what have we looked at in terms of real economic development, development to develop the economy in this region, which I’d dearly love to see, that generates lasting jobs rather than, according to the government, 42 long-term jobs over 45 years and the loss of thousands of person years in relation to oil and gas development. What
work have we done to actually develop the economy in these regions? This area, which is a fantastic area in terms of its people – it’s spectacular – its potential in many ways. What have we done to shift away from these large, costly megaprojects and actually do things that really do help the people and provide the long-term, sort of, economic development that we’d like to see?