Mr. Thomas Carney:

That is 100% accurate. If we wait long enough prices increase. The miscommunication, the dithering, the sitting on the fence and the inaction have created financial problems. This problem has not be caused by us. Nothing the committee will hear today will show that we did not do our part. My understanding from when Ms Bourke first walked the village with us was that the committee would be a liaison between the council and the community. We have done everything we possibly can. We have asked for and begged for meetings. Perhaps, at the 11th hour the day before, we will get the news that we will have a meeting. People have to plan and live. People with children have to plan. Older people need to get a seat in a car to go to the town hall. They cannot just get on a bike. Senator Craughwell is right that the inaccuracy, the dithering and the sitting on the wall mean that costs have gone up and now we are getting saddled with its failures.