Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on the Victorian regional ABC Radio drivetime program yesterday, the topic was the distribution per electorate of the Regional and Local Government Community Infrastructure Program grants, where the funds were allocated on a competitive basis. I reported factually that Murray electorate did not receive a single cent from that program. That was a fact, Mr Speaker.

The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government then came onto the same program and claimed that I was wrong and proceeded to refer to some different grants that were allocated to all Australian local government bodies on a formula basis. The facts were therefore misrepresented. Murray electorate did not receive any competitive program funding, and I seek permission to table a document which details that very fact.

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