This reminds me of back home. They've been pouring money into lithium extraction for ages, and this year the work is on hold again. This keeps happening; it's like a tradition!

They do everything they can to limit, control, tax, regulate the output of the resource sector. The federal government views the resource sector as a necessary evil that is destroying the planet and treats it as such. 

grayruby

In what sense do you say that the government doesn't like the resources sector? I have the idea that they are one of your main sources of income.