Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

If the Leader of the Opposition didn't hog so many of the questions maybe some of his fellow frontbenchers would get some practice at asking a question!

One was a grant for tourism infrastructure; it had nothing to do with the business as such. The other was a request for $25 million from the taxpayer from a company whose parent had made $215 million in after-tax profit in the last six months. One was local tourism infrastructure. The other was business welfare, from a company with a better balance sheet than the Commonwealth of Australia.

I am delighted that we have seen some announcements from SPC Ardmona today—I really am. I want to thank all the people in this House, all the frontbenchers, everyone in this House on this side of the parliament, including the local member, who have been wishing well this great institution. We said SPC Ardmona had a good future, and it does. We said that it did not need $25 million from the Commonwealth, and it does not.

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