Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Macdonald for his question. It is remarkable, with what is potentially the largest investment in Australia from an Indian company—a project that will create thousands of jobs and on which, when the Premier visited India only a few months ago, she lapped up all the publicity over there, saying she supported the project; she stood with eight Queensland mayors, saying she supported the project—that, 12 days since announcing she was pulling her support from the project, the Premier apparently has yet to even speak to Adani about her decision and explain to them why she has done this monumental backflip. The Courier Mail reported a few days ago that the Premier of Queensland is yet to pick up the phone to Adani and explain her position. She has run and hidden from scrutiny on this. She has misled and misconstrued the advice that the Integrity Commissioner gave her, and she hasn't even had the wherewithal to explain herself to the people who want to create these jobs in our state of Queensland.