trading halt, page-153

Sideways,

What i am yet to crack (the biggie for me) is what motivated ESI to put out a Trade Halt under the conditions you mentioned yourself....why not just wait?

What is the Catalyst that 'occurred' recently that leaves ESI with a dire need to find out the ALDP results?


Do you get me?

We have been happy to wait all this time an the misnomers/speculation/media gossip about the final ALDP recipients isn't really that potent. Nothing i've heard the media imply has any merit or venom for or against ESI being granted funds. It's all just talk.
And to add to that, like you, i too would imagine Ashley had learned enough from the August Age fiasco to just let these gossippy go-getters gloat and guffaw absent of our real attention.
But it's not like that...Ashley really wants to know - and he want's to know outside of Contract/business prerogative...he want's to do it under the prerogative of the public.
We have no muscle...we can't pressure the DPI as they are the "hand that feeds us"....why are3 we in such a hurry?

THAT is the question...what is motivating us to go ahead and try to move this along?

Now, i am not one to say this or that is happening unless i know...so anything could be happening considering that none of us know much....so these options must also be considered:
* Foreign investment
* Corner Stone Investor
* Proposal for MOU funding agreements
....something has motivated this because there is no real urgency driving it such as media rumour etc....

I just have to wonder (not discount) about the theory that someone from the outside wants an answer so they can either throw some money or a similar agreement to us that the ALDP have been grinding away at.

...Hmmm...worth considering. That is the only piece of the pie i am unsure about...the motive for the urgency.


AND SIDEWAYS - thanks for your detailed and founded logic
:-) It helps everyone to process new information post-haste.