Senate debates

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Questions without Notice

Mining

2:25 pm

Photo of Stephen ConroyStephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I take it you are talking about Eureka Heritage. I am advised that the government is aware of this letter, but the environment department does not know at this point whether the letter was included in the request for emergency protection. I understand that the application involved around 500 pages of information and that it will take some time to process that documentation. However, I do understand that at any point the applicants can provide additional information to the department. As the application is the subject of a legal decision-making process it would not be appropriate to comment on the issue in further detail at this point, and that includes commenting on specific documentation which may be relevant to the matters raised in the request. Again, if there is anything further that I can provide, I will take that on notice and see if the minister would like to provide any further information.

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