I don't mean to hog the floor, but I would like to provide an overall comment on this report. I've been saying it outside the committee, and I'd better say it to the committee as well.
To me, in this report of 14 chapters there are four basic messages. It's certainly not all bad news.
The first message is, where there's a will there's a way. There's a lot of good activity that we've identified in this report over five chapters, and I think people should realize that.
Secondly, in other chapters there's been, as we put it in the press the other day, probably far too much talk and far too little action. Why that's the case, I don't know, but I think Parliament needs to get to the bottom of it.
The third message is that some of the fundamental tools of good environmental management are broken. I'm talking about SDSs, SEAs, and the absence of an overarching strategy or plan.
The fourth message is, now is a great time to take a look at this, to take stock of where we are, to look forward and encourage the government to get on with the task.