Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On 20 March this year in answer to a question from Senator Milne I undertook to check whether any communications had occurred between the Premier of Tasmania and the Commonwealth government in relation to the Gunns project. There was a telephone conversation initiated by the Premier of Tasmania with the Acting Prime Minister before 10 am on 15 March, in which the Premier briefed the Acting Prime Minister on the Tasmanian government’s intentions in relation to the Gunns Pulp Mill proposal. Gunns had notified the ASX that they were withdrawing from the RPDC process the previous day, that is 14 March, at 1.34 pm eastern time and a notice was placed on the public register at 1.42 pm.