Senate debates

Thursday, 4 December 2008

Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008; Nation-Building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008; Coag Reform Fund Bill 2008

In Committee

3:57 pm

Photo of Nick SherryNick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

With due respect, there is another assessment being added into this process. I am very well aware that it is after the project has been approved. But the important point to make is that it is very likely that, in many cases, if not most, this assessment will be carried out and completed before the project construction commences. So we will have a finding, then there will be a debate around that finding and then, inevitably, there will be calls for a reassessment of the project, even if it has been given the—

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