Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Cash, the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. On 13 November 2019, the majority of coalition senators supported a notice of motion that said:

That the Senate—

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calls on the federal government to take the necessary steps to ensure the construction of a Bradfield type scheme can begin in Queensland as swiftly as possible.

Speaking to this motion, the government stated:

… there is no reason for the Australian government to oppose this motion.

Today the Prime Minister announced plans to fast-track a number of infrastructure projects; yet, despite the government's claimed support, there was no mention of any form of Bradfield scheme. Why have the government chosen to leave the hybrid or new Bradfield scheme—a crucial nation-building project they have expressed their support for—off the Prime Minister's list of essential projects to be fast-tracked?