Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. On 9 April, the Prime Minister and Minister Frydenberg attended a private meeting with the chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Dr John Schubert, and offered a $444 million grant without any tender or grant application process. There were no public servants present. The foundation's managing director said the Prime Minister's offer was 'a complete surprise' and was 'like winning the Lotto'. Did the proposal to grant the Great Barrier Reef Foundation nearly half a billion dollars originate with the minister for the environment or with the Prime Minister or with some other person?