Senator LUDWIG (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery) (14:20): One of the important objectives of the IGA is to achieve conservation outcomes through a community led process. The programs delivered by the government through the IGA are aimed at achieving those conservation outcomes while still ensuring that the forest industry in Tasmania remains viable and continues to provide jobs. Senator Whish-Wilson: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. My question was not in relation to the conservation outcome or the money paid to the forestry industry; it was very clearly in relation to the second tranche of payments under the economic diversification package and my question was, again: was there an application process for funding—in other words, were people invited to apply for funding—and what procedures were put in place to provide transparency and equitable access to that funding? The PRESIDENT: I draw the minister's attention to the question. Senator LUDWIG: As part of the Tasmanian Forestry Intergovernmental Agreement, the Commonwealth did commit to and has committed $120 million for economic diversification over 15 years—at 2012, $24 million in funding assistance for a range of economic diversification projects, including the Tasmanian Innovation and Investment Fund, with $8 million for 28 businesses, creating 267 jobs, and a further $16 million for 10 projects. Building on that work, in May the Prime Minister asked Mr Albanese to draw together a jobs and growth plan for Tasmania that focuses on the things that Tasmania and Tasmanians do best. On May 17, the Prime Minister announced that the government would increase the economic diversification fund to $100 million, to be delivered over four years. And, as discussed with the Tasmanian economic diversification consultation group when Minister Albanese was in Tasmania the week before last, the project that the government is looking— (Time expired)