Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister would be aware, no doubt, of similar criticisms by the government’s independent Chairman of the Productivity Commission, Mr Gary Banks, who recently stated, ‘It would be desirable to delay the progression of larger scale “nation-building” infrastructure proposals that were brought forward and selected without the opportunity to conduct adequate cost-benefit analysis.’ Is the Chairman of the Productivity Commission of Australia correct?