Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

No, it is not actually. Can I thank the senator for the question. I am not entirely sure whether that was a full saving or a reduction. But if you are telling me it was a reduction, then I am prepared to accept that. But if I can please just turn, if I may, to the situation in Tasmania and what the government is doing in relation to Tasmania itself. You have asked me a question about what needs to be done in Tasmania. As the honourable senator would appreciate, the Tasmanian economy, as a result of 16 years of Labor and then a Labor-Greens alliance, has the highest unemployment in the country and the lowest retention rates in the country. And that is why we have put together the Tasmanian Major Projects Approval—