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

I can sum it up in one word, Senator O'Sullivan: nothing. They have done absolutely nothing on the Rookwood Weir. It was 10 years ago that the former Premier Peter Beattie committed his government to building the Rookwood Weir. He committed their government to building the Rookwood Weir 10 years ago. It has been more than nine months since the project received both state and federal approvals. Now the Rookwood Weir is ready to go. We could get the bulldozers out tomorrow if we got the tick. It is ready to go. It is shovel ready. It has been more than 500 days since the federal government committed those $130 million. And when we asked the Queensland government what their position was, they said: 'We'll get back to you. We've got to do another business case.' So we're waiting for that business case. They've hidden this report from the Queensland people. I see that the water minister, Mark Bailey, is in the paper today, blaming the fact that the local member put a media release out a couple of weeks ago for the fact that he can't release the business case. This is a joke. They are treating Central Queenslanders like mugs— (Time expired)