Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Courier Mail reports:

The federal government has forwarded the latest instalment of its $5.6 billion funding package to Queensland, as flood recovery efforts continue …

Speaking in the Queensland town of St George, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government had been making sure that money was continuously available to flood-hit areas of Queensland.

That was a report of 11 February. So the slur contained in the primary question, it seems, is wrong, and I remind those opposite that they refused to support the funding package designed to give relief to Queensland residents following the floods last year. That is how concerned they were.

Honourable senators interjecting—