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The problem with the NSW negotiations was that they weren't actually negotiations. The NPWS operatives had an outcome that they wanted to achieve regardless of input from anyone else - the canvassing of opinion from experienced keepers was just to make it look like they had "consulted." As soon as it was apparent that we didn't support their agenda, they just shut the door on us. At the end of the day, they have the power, and that's the way it will always be. All the talk of gathering a cohesive set of opinions from keepers collectively is just flying kites - too many individual agendas, too many ratbag personalities, too little experience in dealing with determined bureaucrats, too many state-to-state differences and needs and too little goodwill. It's very, very hard indeed...
Jamie
Jamie