Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps you could contribute then, Senator McLucas. Ask individuals in Cairns when you are up there why they should contribute but—I was going to say, ‘the big companies in Cairns do not have to’, but you have got rid of all of those with your Labor government legislation. There are not too many big businesses left in Cairns, I regret to say. You do have a Woolworths, you do have a Coles and I think some of the big mining companies have offices in Cairns. Why aren’t they contributing, Senator McLucas? If Senator Sherry cannot answer this perhaps you can get up and assist him.