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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 563 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 June 2019 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

SOUTHERN FORESTS IRRIGATION SCHEME

563. Hon DIANE EVERS to the Minister for Regional Development:

I refer to the proposed southern forests irrigation scheme.

(1) Will the minister please table the original business case for the scheme and any subsequent versions; and, if not, why not?

(2) Will the minister please table the state's business case and documentation that was provided to Infrastructure Australia when requesting commonwealth funding; and, if not, why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question.

(1) I am advised that the original business case would be considered cabinet-in-confidence to the previous government.

(2) The state government submitted an application to the commonwealth government's national water infrastructure development fund. It did not submit any information to Infrastructure Australia. Although the federal government announced during the election campaign that it had approved funding for the project, we are yet to receive any formal confirmation of this funding from the newly elected government. We will release the cost–benefit analysis, with commercially confidential material redacted if necessary, once that process is complete.