Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It would seem that there's one Tasmanian senator over the other side of the chamber who's willing to defend the Tasmanian government, but I would prefer to rely on the information I'm getting from my colleagues here. As I say, Senator Tyrrell, it is incumbent on the Tasmanian government to provide the information that's necessary to support what is a fairly substantial commitment of taxpayers' funds. If they were to do so, I presume that we would consider that application for funding. I'd obviously need to double-check that with the infrastructure minister who I'm representing here, but if I have any further information that I can provide in response to your question, I'm very happy to do so.