Alan Tudge (Aston, Liberal Party, Minister for Cities) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much to the member for Denison for his question, and to the Prime Minister.

I can confirm to the member for Denison that the deal will be completed before the next election. Indeed, we hope that the deal will be completed by the end of this year. It will be a terrific deal for Hobart and, indeed, it will make Tasmania the first state or territory in the country to have two city deals signed. So we're looking forward to that. Just a few weeks ago, I was down in Tasmania with the state Treasurer, Treasurer Gutwein, as well as the mayors from the local councils, discussing what the shape of that City Deal is going to look like. We have foreshadowed that the centrepiece of that deal is going to be the redevelopment of the Macquarie Point precinct and the creation of a new Antarctic and science precinct at Macquarie Point. That will build on the very significant world-class research that Tasmania already does.

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