Why is the exotic forestry industry getting subsidised for business-as-usual costs? I can understand R&D subsidies but if the business case doesn’t stack up, why is it being enabled? It is long-standing council policy that costs which can be attributed to a particular group are met by the exacerbator. That has been the theory but not the reality, as the exotic forestry industry has been effective in lobbying the council for close to a decade to ensure it does not have to carry the extra costs it creates for the council. The roading crisis is attributable to one industry but the council has decided to give that industry special treatment and make the rest of us pay for it.