It was a case of deja vu all over again on Friday as the Fyles Government announced that the Clough-BMD joint venture has been awarded the contract to build the long-delayed Darwin ship lift facility at East Arm – the same announcement it made 14 months ago.

But this time Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler pledged that construction on the project that Labor has been trying to get up for seven years, will commence “soon” and would “usher.. in a new era of maritime infrastructure and capabilities”.

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