Eric Hutchinson (Lyons, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My constituency question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development on behalf of the ratepayers of the Northern Midlands Council. As the minister would know by virtue of my previous representations, the Northern Midlands Council and the Launceston Airport have been in dispute over the ex-gratia payment paid to council in lieu of rates on Commonwealth land. Can the minister please advise how this impasse can be resolved and what capacity the Commonwealth has to intervene to achieve a positive outcome for the ratepayers of the Northern Midlands?

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