Is there much they can realistically do at this stage or is it a change in process that probably needs to happen in order to funnel that federal or state-based, you know, infrastructure or capital into the LGA to be able to push into those communities and achieve some of those results you've just talked about more effectively?

Yeah, look, I think the one great resource that local governments have is that they're the tier of government in Australia's federation that's closest to the people, literally and metaphorically.

So by showing their leadership, by mobilising the community, by engaging with decision makers outside the region, they can help bring about change.

They don't have to do all the heavy lifting, but they can help organise the push.

They can work with chambers of commerce.

They can work with unions.

They can work with farmers' federations.

So if we zoom out a little bit now, I mean, what is genuinely changing in the energy policy space at a federal and state level? And is it really keeping pace with what these communities actually need on the ground?