QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator DUNIAM (Tasmania—Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (14:15): Given it has been revealed that under the cover of this federal budget Ms Plibersek will now not make a decision on the much-needed North West Shelf gas project until after the election, despite this project having undergone six years of thorough WA state assessments and approvals, when did the minister decide to start using the jobs of thousands of gas workers as a political sacrifice for green votes in Sydney and Melbourne?