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

My question is to the Treasurer. It has been officially announced that the Treasurer has been accorded the highest of appellations, the title of honorary North Queenslander. In light of this august title and its obligations, and in the spirit of Christmas, can the minister assure his fellow North Queenslanders that the self-funded, mighty Pentland irrigation scheme—$1,000 million annually in ethanol, electricity and stockfeed, plus a power station—shall continue to receive the strongest of Treasury and government support?

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