Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to ask a question of the minister. It leads off from the previous question from the member opposite. Is it the minister’s experience that the states are up to date with their preplanning and planning? It has not been the experience in my electorate, where it took 4½ years to have the Gladstone port access road completed through a lack of planning and the state government instrumentalities taking that time to get their half of the funding together. There was a similar situation at the Bundaberg port ring-road. Is it the minister’s experience that the states in general, and Queensland in particular, are up to date with their preplanning to allow the Commonwealth money to be spent in a timely and efficient manner?

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