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

Thank you. I was talking about the shape of the city deal for Hobart. Macquarie Point will be the centrepiece of that. It, through our contributions, will contribute to Hobart being one of the world centres for Antarctic research. Of course, we have the $2 billion federally funded icebreaker, which will be arriving soon. It will be docking at Macquarie Point as well, adding to that. There will be other elements of the city deal as well, and those details will be revealed, including the funding commitments, when we sign that city deal, possibly later this year but certainly by early next year, well before the election. Of course, this adds to all of the other city deals we've announced in recent times, including the terrific Geelong City Deal, the great Darwin City Deal and the city deals for Western Sydney, Launceston and Townsville.

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