Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The government has previously said that an independent performance audit report of the Commonwealth grants program would be finalised at the end of the first quarter of this year. Will the minister please indicate where this report is, when he received it and when it is going to be made public? Is he aware that Forestry Tasmania will be expecting to be the beneficiary of yet further grants as a result of the current program? Is the minister aware of its abysmal performance? Is he aware that, despite an injection of $147 million in Commonwealth funds— (Time expired)