I say that if the govt will not do the right thing by Mr. Smith and the agreed upon parcel of crown land, they must repay all his investors and the potential lost profit at the time the crown land was agreed upon. Because of govt 'dither and delay' in signing anything in a timely manner, this is where we end up, and instead of honouring the earlier agreed upon lease, they figured they could 'line their pockets' a bit better with some deeper pockets. Shameful. If you don't have the balls to honour your deal, then you should square things up financially in a good enough manner that your LOCAL investors don't get burned. Yet another way that political parties alienate many of their backers...yet they will come to you at election time requesting financial support.

I'm hearing people saw smoke all the way out by Rose Island.

net income being the operative word...not GROSS

"The volcano is said to have shot up some eight kilometres (4.97 miles) of lava into the skies when it erupted on Friday."

kind of hoping the reporter meant ASH not LAVA...

So this is part of the big coverup...he's 'been exposed' and is experiencing 'symptoms'...but they won't test him to confirm him as a positive...covid is raging through here and government gone quiet.

Sure is...take the wholesale price and throw at least 30-35% upcharge on it to buy it retail on the shelf.

Live by the gun, die by the gun...

Numbers are only low due to a lack of testing being done...don't be fooled!!

Boat was owned by a foreign national.

Should have read...'boat was destroyed by fire. Engines continued to run once it ran around, eventually they caught fire and the whole boat burnt to a crisp.