Alannah Mactiernan (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw the comment. I am seriously asking the minister the question: why would revealing documents in relation to traffic projections, traffic count, cost estimates damage state-federal relations? That is what I am seeking to understand—why it is that all of the documentation is deemed to be of such a sensitive nature that it cannot be released for fear it is going to damage relationships between the federal and the state government. I am really seeking an explanation of this. What it looks like is that you are very reluctant to have the spotlight of public scrutiny placed on this project. You say you are proud of this project. Tell us why it is, then, that you are not prepared to allow any of the documentation to be released.

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