Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Hansard source

I do. In an interview on ABC Radio National on 6 August, the minister for the environment said, in relation to the Great Barrier Reef, that I had five dredge disposal projects. Mr Speaker, none of these projects were mine. They were referrals made under environmental law, and none were approved by me.

Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.

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