Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister for Infrastructure. When asked in Senate estimates if he agreed with the minister's assertion that $30 million to purchase the Leppington Triangle was a bargain, the finance minister stated that compulsory acquisition should have continued to be pursued. Why did the government change course to acquire this land by agreement instead of through compulsory acquisition? Does the minister stand by his statement that this deal was a bargain?

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