Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Was it a coincidence that the same day Minister Burke announced that he would expand the EIS to include shipping for the project the Greens announced they would preference the Queensland Labor Party in the crucial seat of Ashgrove? Prior to the decision to dump the EIS did the department discuss with the management of Rio Tinto the increased shipping claims made by the Wilderness Society?