Mr. Robert Nicholson:

I will close on this point. I am shooting a little blind because I have not seen a policy proposal in terms of what is envisaged, the scope or the relative cost. My main point is that if there is any proposal in respect of a scheme that involves a significant capital cost, and I do not know what that is without having seen anything, my gut reaction would be that it stays with the parent Department for good reason. If we are talking about some sort of discretionary fund, the Department of rural affairs reviews the uses of its funds almost on a yearly basis. Anything would be considered in that context with regard to a formal submission. The Minister indicated a couple of weeks ago at this committee that those considerations could be taken into account but, presumably, it needs some sort of formal policy proposal.