Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The minister suggests that Mr Garrett scared Tasmania by promising to come there. This is the contorted logic of this minister in relation to that. When Mr Garrett comes to Tasmania he will be welcomed by the Tasmanian people; he is a very popular person. He will look at the things that he needs to see there and he will discuss matters in relation to forestry with Labor’s forest shadow minister; that person is me.