Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

The government provided all regional bodies with 60 per cent of their historic funding levels for 2008-09 and, in addition, each of the 56 regional bodies has recently been advised of their share of the 2008-09 transition support funding, totalling $31.8 million. I say this: the government recognise the government work that is done by catchment management bodies and natural resource management bodies right around the country. We recognise it and we are actually providing them with a substantial opportunity for focus—(Time expired)

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