Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Could the Prime Minister intervene in the impasse that is destroying the economies of Cardwell, Mission Beach and most of the Paradise Coast. Seventeen months after Yasi there is still no reconstruction of the key Barrier Reef water accesses at Mission Beach and Port Hinchinbrook. Since reconstruction is by way of the federal government's generous renewal program and since below the waterline is federal jurisdiction, could the Prime Minister assure the House she will address the logjams? Could she acknowledge the refurbishment of the Mission Beach jetty, dangerously exposed to ocean currents, is tantamount to trash-canning $3 million, whilst Port Hinchinbrook is being administered under arrangements that make it impossible for it to ever be cleaned up or to stay operational— (Time expired)

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