Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

There is more good news in the Cape York Region Package, with $208 million, an investment by the Turnbull-Joyce government in the cape. Importantly, the Cape York region project has actually employed around 20 Indigenous trainees in 2015.

So I thank the member for Leichhardt. I thank him for being such a strong advocate on behalf of northern Australia. He has supported local businesses in his community, and I know he will continue to do so. So I thank the member for Leichhardt for his question. The government does have a strong economic plan. We do have a strong plan for investing in infrastructure and for building for the future, and we commend the northern Australia package, the northern Australian investment and development which is occurring under the Turnbull-Joyce government.

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