Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I've seen no evidence whatsoever that this government intends to change NAIF's investment mandate or rules in the way Senator McDonald is talking about. As the minister representing the northern Australia minister, I have seen no evidence to speak of—

Thank you, Senator Green, for reminding me: the only government that we have seen interfere with the NAIF's investment decisions about investing in resources and energy projects is the former government, which killed off a wind farm outside Cairns—the Kaban project—that would have delivered about 250 jobs to Cairns.