Australian Government article, page-2

A good bit of coverage in this story, even though there are no new details for those who have followed SFG for a while the embellishment of the history is interesting.
The biggest interest I believe is the source of the story, Government are normally conservative with this type of release unless there is an opportunity to gather a bit of political mileage.

The timing was great for me as I rounded up with a nice parcel last week in the dip and awaiting the announcement due in a couple of weeks regarding the finalisation of the lease funding then I expect there will be some further details regarding further buy-in finance in preparation for major works early next year.

I think the beat up regarding the comments about "the wet" is a distraction, the North does not "close down" for 3 months during this period, it will slow down some major aspects typically transport but the contracts just let are to provide access and hard stand for the infer-structure in preparedness, so its on the ground running.