John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I find it very hard to accept Senator Joyce’s assertions given that I certainly understand that the AHC assessed the place in 2005 and found that it did not have national heritage values. On this basis the minister, former Senator Campbell, rejected the club for entry on the NHL. A subsequent nomination for a precinct including the club was assessed by the AHC as unlikely to have national heritage values and was rejected for inclusion in the AHC annual workplans in 2007 by another former environment minister, Mr Turnbull, who is now the Leader of the Opposition. And it was rejected in 2008, as I understand it, by Mr Garrett. I think that is the record. I have presented it as fairly as I can to the Senate and I ask the Senate to draw its own conclusions.