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

Thank you Senator Tyrrell. Again, I have certainly seen nothing come before me that would suggest that this is entirely the responsibility of UTAS. I don't have the background to this project to know whether that's the case or not, and I'm certainly not aware of any plan to impose some kind of penalty on UTAS in relation to this project not having yet commenced. All I can say is that the Department of Defence and the government as a whole remain committed to the project going ahead. We call on the Tasmanian government and UTAS to resolve these issues and we stand ready to assist in any way that we can.