Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I am, Madam Deputy Speaker. The whole issue here is regional Australia. Why is all of Australia considered regional Australia? Why aren't regional Australia funds just for regional areas? Why are the capital cities included in regional Australia funding? Weren't you smart enough to develop an urban development fund and a regional fund? Because what you are doing is taking money out of the bush and putting it directly back into the city.

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