7. 在 2017 年 9 月 14 日的一次访谈中，总理指出，虽然实现独立已被写入进步工党的《党章》，但是领土政府目前并未致力于独立，而是致力于经济增长，应对领土境内当下的挑战。
7. In an interview on 14 September 2017, the Premier stated that, while the achievement of independence was in the constitution of his party, the territorial Government was not committed to pursuing independence at that moment, as it was committed to growing the economy and addressing the immediate challenges inside the Territory.