Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) | Hansard source

I am absolutely confident that under its renewed mandate, as I outlined in my answer to Senator Smith, by increasing the flexibility et cetera of the NAIF when it's considering projects that come before it we will be seeing faster approval times for projects that are identified and, as those contracts are being negotiated with proponents, the money will start rolling out. But we're not just going to throw the money out. We are not going to give money to anybody that rocks up to the NAIF with some brainstorm of an idea, some far-fetched fantasy off the coast of Darwin or Cairns or something. We set up a process so these projects can be assessed appropriately so that taxpayers' dollars can be spent appropriately to deliver much-needed jobs and economic stimulus to northern Australia.