Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

It was not the only publication. Arnold Dix, who is the chairman of the legal committee of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, said in a letter to Daniel Andrews—

Opposition members interjecting—

They think it is funny. These people think it is hilarious that they are going to rip up contracts. Mr Dix said: 'The impact on the perception of Victoria and Australia's sovereign risk is significant. It would certainly result in the decreased access of Australia to foreign capital, increased interest charges, degraded sovereign risk profile, degraded credit rating and less local opportunities for investment.' This is a serious issue and the Leader of the Opposition must tell the Australian public whether he supports legislating away the rights of this consortium or not.

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