Good afternoon.
This is meeting number 24 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, considering today, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), main estimates, 2006-07.
For the advice of members, if everyone is satisfied at the end of today's meeting, we will be voting on certain parts of the estimates under the Department of Transport referred to the committee on Tuesday, April 25.
We're pleased to have the minister with us today, and I know he's done a lot of shuffling of his schedule and time, so I think we'll start as quickly as we possibly can. I'm told he has approximately an hour here. As a heads-up to the committee, I will try to stay as tight as I can to the seven-minute rule to allow everyone to put as many questions as possible.
Mr. Minister, welcome, and please proceed.