Mr KELVIN THOMSON (3:16 PM) —My question is again to the Deputy Prime Minister. Did the Deputy Prime Minister announce in June 2003 a $214,000 grant for the upgrading of Castle Mountain Enterprises Pty Ltd, a zeolite plant, in his electorate of Gwydir? Is there another zeolite mining company, 20 kilometres away, which did not receive a similar grant? Was the decision to grant money to Castle Mountain Enterprises in breach of the Namoi Valley Structural Adjustment Package competitive neutrality guidelines which require that a grant not adversely impact on existing businesses?

Mr ANDERSON (Deputy Prime Minister) —I thank the honourable member for his question. I feel it is more than likely to be the case that the normal processes of the structural adjustment committee would have been followed and that the department then would have reviewed that and it would have gone through in the normal way. If there is any suggestion that that is not the case and that the guidelines were in some way overruled, I will report back to the House.

Mr Howard —Mr Speaker, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.