"At this stage my priority is to have teams of people out there cleaning this mess up to protect wildlife in what may well be the worst environmental disaster that Queensland or the south-east of our State has faced."

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But listen to them and work with them to develop common policies that will get us out of this mess.

只要听取他们的意见，与他们合作,制定共同的政策,这样做能帮我们摆脱困境。

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They do a contest--those of you who like to enter contests--saying, "how can we break out of this awful mess, oh, whatever can we do?"

曾有一个比赛,问参赛者们,"我们该如何化解当前窘境,我们到底该怎么办"

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