Originally Posted by
ehwatezedoing
You can keep your condescending tone for yourself, fact is your country bailed out from a signed contract! You are the bad guys. What is the value of a contract if anyone can bail out of it freely like that!? Although, as you all would like to be, it won't be that "free" in this case.
And once again if you all feel that this contract was sooooo bad towards Australia, why your country agreed to it beforehand!? Because when I read all the "experts" comments here, it looks like it was Frankly-A-Stupid-Idea to have it signed.
So stop bashing the French and put the blame on your own (Past?) But visibly incompetent government who agreed to that.
Takes two to sign a contract. If NG were incapable to meet deadlines and metrics that they agreed to then the government absolutely has the right to withdraw. I think NG know they screwed up just as much as the australian government. Hence why except for a small press release early on NG has been quiet and making no comment. If they believed they have legal leg to stand on they would be screaming from the tallest building how they were hard done by.