Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Through you, Mr President: I refer to comments made by Mr Rudd, when opposition leader, on 21 March last year when he said:

In terms of the shape of the joint venture, our broad approach, at this stage, is that we’ll be looking at 50 per cent public equity.

I ask the minister if that is still the government’s position, given that he has acknowledged that it could in fact be up to $25 billion in costs. And, if it is still the government’s position, where does it intend to find the $12½ billion necessary?