Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Kennedy for his question. I can't help him with Helen Mirren's clothes, but I can tell him that the Commonwealth will not stand in the way of his request that there be a breakwater at Mission Beach and boating facilities. He knows that GBRMPA, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, has previously, on two occasions, issued permits.

Now, we know that the Queensland government has not progressed this particular issue because they were concerned about community sensitivities. That's a Labor Queensland government. We, on this side of the House, understand how important it is to tourism and to the local community that there be this breakwater in place, and that's why we will not stand in the way.

Mission Beach sits between two World Heritage areas: the wet tropics and the Great Barrier Reef. It's an important source of tourism, it's an important source of funds for the local economy, and the Commonwealth government, under Prime Minister Turnbull, will not stand in the way of a breakwater and boating facilities for the local community.

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