Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, as I mentioned, the minister for agriculture has been saying that the fund could invest in a urea fertiliser plant. He said that very thing at Senate estimates back in February. Is the minister for agriculture misleading the Senate, then? Or do you have some further information to add here? The contribution from the minister for agriculture was very political in nature, pressuring members of parliament in Queensland, saying, 'Hey, you should support this, because we could get a fertiliser plant out of the National Reconstruction Fund.' Are you saying here that that's not the case? In particular, I draw your attention back to the Greens amendment. What is the effect of the Greens amendment that you have supported? Will that knock out a proposal to build a fertiliser plant that involves the development of gas resources?