Public comment sought on Olympic Dam expansion. :
"Members of the public will have four weeks to study the draft environmental statement before it is finalised early next year."
This is a real democracy in action. It really makes sense. When big changes are envisaged, if you publish the drafts of the changes and invite public comment you are doing several things. You are including everyone in the decision. You are allowing people to participate in change. People have brains and experience. If you invite comment you get unsolicited improvements and any difficulties are foreshadowed. In this way, the final decision is the best one you can make at the time. It's about respecting the expertise of others and others acknowledging you have laid the ground work for some change to occur. Two way process. Love it!!
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