Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

If further inquiries had been made rather than relying on an incorrect article, the senator would know that, in decommissioning the wool scourer, there had to be transitional arrangements on both a short-term and a long-term basis. As a result, there was a stakeholder meeting on 24 April. There was a commitment that the wool scourer would remain operational for a further 12 months after June 2008 but that CSIRO would operate the scourer on a cost-recovery basis, which was calculated at $250K per annum, and the industry representatives would seek to identify 100 tonnes of fibre for scouring at Belmont. That is the question of the audit. There was a commitment by the industry to provide an additional 100 tonnes of fibre for scouring at Belmont— (Time expired)