Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate:

(a) notes the Government's failure to:

(i) deliver what it promised as part of its Northern Australia Agenda, and

(ii) get money out the door of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility; and

(b) further notes that the Bill includes amendments that the Opposition has been calling for over a number of years; and

(c) calls on the Prime Minister and the Government to:

(i) learn from their failures with the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility over the past five years,

(ii) deliver the funding they have promised for development in Northern Australia by speeding up the release of funds from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and

(iii) realise the potential in Northern Australia and re-commit to delivering on their Northern Australia Agenda".