Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Regional Transport) Share this | Hansard source

I will get to those. Two of them are in the new minister's seat of Ballarat. Not a great look, but at least she can claim to be in regional Australia. The other two are beauties; you will love these ones. One is in the seat of Watson: Canterbury City Council—right out there in the boondocks of regional Australia; 15 kilometres from the Sydney GPO—got $4 million for the Sydney Multicultural Arts and Sports Precinct. I will give you a clue if you are not sure where regional Australia is: if it has 'Sydney' in the title, chances are it is not really entitled to receive a regional Australia grant.

There is one more project announced in round 4. It is way out there, past the Westgate Bridge and all the way to Werribee. That is right, it is 25 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD—the Prime Minister has her hand up—and $9 million will go to the Wyndham City Council for the Western Indoor Sports Hub in the Prime Minister's own seat, way out there in Werribee. What a strike rate.

Ms Gillard interjecting—

I actually lived in Werribee once, Prime Minister; thank you. Five more have been announced in the past hour. Three are in Labor-supporting Independent seats, two in National seats. Guess what? There is $34 million for Labor and Labor Independent-supporting seats, and $5.5 million for— (Time expired)

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