Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Yesterday in the Senate, the Minister for Defence confirmed she was aware before the election of the potential requirements for the expansion of the Shoalwater Bay and Townsville Field military training areas. Given the Deputy Prime Minister is also deputy chair of the National Security Committee of the cabinet, the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and the Leader of the National Party, did he first become aware that the expansion could require the acquisition of prime agricultural land before or after the election?

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