Senator Bob Brown asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 27 October 2011: Since the announcement on 4 March 2010 that the Australian Government would be contributing $12.5 million in funding to the Three Capes Track proposal in the Tasman National Park: (1) How much money has been spent and is being projected for expenditure in each of the following financial years: 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13. (2) Can details be provided as to what the money in each year has been spent on and what is planned for expenditure? (3) When did the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and/or the Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage (Mr Wightman) inform the Minister that they: (a) were considering other options to the original proposal of large private accommodation huts within the park; and (b) had rejected the alternatives to the private accommodation within the park.