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

Thank you, Senator Tyrrell. I'll have to come back to you on notice as to why those reports haven't been tabled and what the intention is around tabling them. I'm sure that it wouldn't be that there's something to hide there because, as I said, to the contrary, our government has invested very heavily in infrastructure and other services in Tasmania, including through the regional deal that you're talking about.

If I might stray slightly from the question, the other thing we've significantly invested in in Tasmania is urgent-care clinics, because we know that Tasmania, like many other parts of the country, has not had adequate GP bulk-billing services to cater for growing populations and ageing populations. That's why I think we're up to three urgent-care clinics in Tasmania that have been opened. That is going a long way to deliver on the health needs of Tasmanians, in addition to the infrastructure issues that you're talking about.