House debates
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Bills
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018; Consideration in Detail
11:11 am
Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source
Thank you. One hundred and twenty-seven hectares within 10 kilometres of the Melbourne CBD—this is land that has been essentially vacant for 15 years. Six years of a Labor government did nothing. We think that prime land—
An opposition member interjecting—
Yes—I will take the member's interjection—it is contaminated, and, had the decontamination work commenced during the Labor government's period, perhaps we would have houses on there now, but divestment is a key part of the plan. (Time expired)
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