Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Development) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Can the minister now confirm that, in its new submission, Wind Power will be given an opportunity to respond to the report prepared for the minister by Biosis? Isn’t this an admission that the minister’s April decision, which did not give Wind Power that opportunity, was fundamentally flawed and denied the company natural justice? In perverting the processes under environmental law, hasn’t the minister exposed taxpayers to costly legal action and a potential damages claim?