Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Why didn’t they make representations to the minister, as I did, for that funding? And, if they did make the representations, why were they unsuccessful in getting it? And why were they so hypocritical as to stand on the stage at the dance festival and pledge undying support for the festival when they have done nothing to get funding for the festival, funding which had been given by the previous coalition government for many, many years past?