Its all quite simple really. You will have all observed that this crap comes up every few years or so, generally to take our attention away from the failings of the present Federal/State Govt. Right now the Feds could not win a camel race, or indeed run a sausage sizzle, so its time to put a few kicks into a State Liberal Govt, and protest at their inertness regarding a second SYD airport, and we all know where ever they plan to put it, the blue spotted lung fish will be found in a puddle somewhere, or indeed a aboriginal midden, so that is the end of that. Meanwhile, both CBR and NTL quietly grow to service the big influx of residents moving into both areas, and sooner or later it will dawn on some overpaid public servant that neither have a lung fish/ Midden so perhaps one might be suitable. Then they will examine the cost of a VFT and can it. And nothing will change. So really we need not bother.