You can say that, but to a certain extent the WA Government sits...

You can say that, but to a certain extent the WA Government sits quite pretty when it comes to getting rents for ground its staff geologists know doesn't have a hope in hell of ever producing anything.

If the WA Government were honest about things it would admit 99.9% of the ground under tenure is nothing more than moose pasture with highly optimistic and fanciful "expert's reports" promising riches but delivering nothing.