“I’m very confident that an agreement will be made shortly.” Standing alongside Mander, federal counterpart Anika Wells said: “I agree with Tim that this is a matter that you will hear from us on soon.” “We understand that people want to see us get on with this” she said. “We understand that people want to see work advance as quickly as possible.” Neither clarified a timeline, but sources at both levels of government have told this masthead an announcement is likely, but not guaranteed, within the next month.