Just before you all bolt off, there's a few more
minutes for question time if anybody has questions of Phil and Jonathan.
Straight over to Tony. Harriet, hopefully that answered some of your earlier questions.
Actually Phil, it's a very short comment and that is when the Koreans were here a little while ago,
I had, for sins of the past, I was looking after the Korean delegation when they visited.
One of the things that impressed them the most was the integration of the wants of scientists,
the technology, the equipment they needed such as whale tags and the like,
the way that that technology was conceptualized and developed inside the Antarctic division,
manufactured and then passed out into the broader economic community to business and industry.
They were so impressed by that. They said it doesn't happen in Korea. I don't think it happens
much anywhere else in Antarctic programs so this is a very big advantage that Australia has.
Yes, thank you very much. I think, yeah, I think we're very unique and very lucky in that regard
and we're also really lucky in that we have great scientists, we have great engineers and
great technologists as well that all work hand in glove.
The only real issues we've had previously is working out our priorities. We have so many broader priorities
that's working out narrowing those down so that we can put our full efforts into it into the future.
Any other questions on technology?
I think everyone's mind is boggled by the future potential applications of
technology to answer the science questions that we've heard about this morning.
Thanks very much Jonathan and Phil