Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously, there needs to be a process to determine where that funding will go. We should remember that it is relatively soon after that horrific attack on 14 December. The government has acted with urgency previously in providing funding under previous rounds, and we'll certainly be doing that again now that we've announced additional funding.

Senator Gallagher has advised me that she provided some advice yesterday to this organisation about how they could strengthen their application and how they could consider undertaking a full assessment of the site for its risk, rather than the particular part of the site that they have been particularly interested in. I understand the organisation has taken that feedback on board and intends to have that work done, so we look forward to receiving that application, as we do from a number of other organisations. It's certainly our commitment to provide Jewish Australians with the security that they deserve.