Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator McCarthy. In July this year the mayors of King Island and Flinders Island came to Canberra to lobby Labor for a review of the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. Residents on both islands are paying through the nose for groceries, and farmers are on the brink. This is because of high freight costs in a scheme that hasn't been updated in decades. Labor members promised the mayors that a review of the scheme, specifically for the islands, would take place. Minister, can you tell me what's happening with this review?