Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I reject the premise of the question. I'm not responsible for announcement strategies by non-government senators. Whatever non-government senators decide to do is a matter for them. The government made a decision to allocate funding. The government communicated that to the applicants in the appropriate way, as is usually the case.

Senator Chisholm asked, 'How much?' There are two projects, in Townsville and Ipswich. From memory, it was about $13.9 million between the two of them. Now, Rob Oakeshott in Lyne received a total of $360 million in federal grants for projects under the Rudd and Gillard governments. I wonder: why did Mr Wilkie receive a total of $340 million in grants? I wonder: how much did Mr Windsor receive? Mr Windsor received $120 million to redevelop Tamworth Hospital— (Time expired)