Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

The key purpose of the forum was to outline the development road map for the north as a way of encouraging international investors in particular and foreign capital to contribute to the growth of the north. We were showcasing investment-ready projects and asking for investors to match the capital that, potentially, the Commonwealth, through the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, can put into projects. Just a few of these included—from your home state, Senator Macdonald—Davco, featuring their concept for an abattoir in Townsville for live and boxed meat exports; the Ella Bay Integrated Resort Development in Innisfail, which no doubt Senator Colbeck will be visiting in due course; IFED, with its integrated agriculture proposals for the Gilbert River in the Gulf Country; and Seafarms, who are showcasing their sea dragon aquaculture project on the Western Australia-Northern Territory border. I know the Minister for Trade and Investment and the minister for energy and resources— (Time expired)