Mark Vaile (Lyne, National Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It will. But it will not if the Leader of the Opposition gets his way. He said that he will get hold of the $2 billion and spend it elsewhere. I guarantee that it will not get spent in regional Australia. We know all about the Labor Party and their track record as far as looking after regional Australia. They are big taxing, big spending governments with high interest rates and high unemployment.

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