Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Watt. A new $20 million cadet facility in Launceston was promised under the 2017 Launceston City Deal, but seven years later there's still nothing to show for it—no dirt turned, no tender put out—just crickets. Years of conversations between the Department of Defence, the Tasmanian Liberal government and UTAS show them chasing their tails to complete the necessary land transfer for the project to get underway. With UTAS being uncooperative and causing delays, the Department of Defence put a deadline of 29 February 2024, which is this Thursday, on the land transfer in a bid to get the project moving at last. Minister, can you confirm that the land transfer will be completed by this Thursday?