Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

maintains industry and business activity in regional Australia. In turn, this protects and further builds new opportunities for young Australians, as well as enhancing the quality of life of all in regional Australia. There is no more pressing issue I hear as I move around the country than employers in regional areas saying to me, ‘We need to make sure that we have the skill base in regional Australia—

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