Senate debates

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Statements

Questions Without Notice

3:02 pm

Photo of George BrandisGeorge Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

In my question earlier to Senator Evans I said that the Prime Minister had not visited Queensland for more than four months. What I should have said is that the Prime Minister has not visited Brisbane for more than four months.

3:03 pm

Photo of Jan McLucasJan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

I wonder if Senator Brandis knows that Queensland is the second most decentralised state in the country, second only to Tasmania, and in our view—and I hope it is a shared view, Senator Brandis, Tasmania does not count.