Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to her comments on ABC TV yesterday that:

At a point when they—

public servant superannuation liabilities—

are met, you might then consider what else you might do with it.

Given the Future Fund is well ahead of its financial targets, will the minister outline what other uses the government is considering for the fund? Is the minister considering investing in the communications infrastructure Australia so desperately needs, or will she just play politics with the Future Fund? Hasn’t she totally undermined the government’s wild claims that the Future Fund cannot be used for much-needed infrastructure investment?