00:00You've mentioned this morning that the writing workshops have been held to help people make submissions about the proposed EA from Jaboda.
00:09During the process, if, when it goes to council to deliberate, if more people are in favour of the track going ahead in the submissions from their own community,
00:19will the Greens sort of change their tune or listen to, I guess, if there are an overwhelming number of people who would prefer the track go ahead?
00:26I think maybe that's more of a question for, I mean, from the Greens' perspective, we, you know, we have policies that are designed to be statewide.
00:36This is an issue that we have always been very opposed to, but we're not fools.
00:43To the extent that a track is going to go ahead, let's talk about how it goes ahead.
00:49Why have we got an oval track instead of a much safer straight track?
00:52We've been calling for that for a long, long time.
00:55And the industry has said that it's fully on, you know, like, yes, absolutely, we're only going to do straight tracks.
01:00And yet they continue to do these oval tracks.
01:03So our best case scenario is that the industry will be completely closed down in New South Wales.
01:08Like it's increasingly being in other parts of Australia and worldwide.
01:12But if we don't do that, then we need an incredibly well-regulated industry.
01:18Currently don't have it.
01:19We need to make sure that we have a safer track and a better facility.
01:30Look, we, I've taken a position and the Greens take our position based on our values and frankly based on the evidence about the problems with the industry.
01:40And the lack of evidence about the benefits that this is going to deliver and the fact that it doesn't stack up against what the proponents were originally forecasting or suggesting this was going to be.
01:57In terms of community submissions, look, there'll absolutely be, there are obviously people involved and supporters of the industry who are going to make submissions as well.
02:08The community consultation process, it's not one where you can just go on the numbers, but it's an opportunity for people making submissions to point out issues and to highlight things that are important.
02:24And so what I'm emphasising and what the community have begun working on today and will be working to bring to people's attention is community should be concerned about this proposal.
02:36They should be looking at it closely and they should be considering making a submission that raises the concerns when they do have a good look at what's being proposed and the shortcomings in the proposal.
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