David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I am advised that in section 11 of the bill says:

The matters to which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether it is appropriate to approve a project as an Investment Project include, but are not limited to, the following matters:

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(c) the results of any assessment of the economic, environmental or social costs or benefits of the project;

The point about that is that by injecting this in where you want to do so, I think you are substantially adding a cost burden to the assessment of these programs.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The question is that amendment (7) be agreed to.

Question negatived.