Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I rise to agree with the sentiments expressed by the Chair of the Public Works Committee, the member for Pearce, with respect to all of the project reports that have been tabled today. They are very important projects. I was fortunate to be involved in two of the three and I attended the committee hearing in Townsville. It is a very important construction, something which the Labor Party members of the committee join the government members in supporting. I note the member for Pearce mentioned that the member for Herbert supports the project. He does, and he attended the public hearing. I can even indicate to the House that the Labor candidate for Herbert, Mr George Colbran, supports the project. So a bipartisan position is held with respect to the very important construction for barracks improvements in Townsville. I might leave it there, other than to say that I concur with the other comments made by the Chair of the Public Works Committee.

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