Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As a member of parliament representing a regional area of Australia, the cities of Darwin and Palmerston in the Top End, I support this motion put forward by the member for Indi. The member for Indi is a very hardworking and effective advocate for her community in northern Victoria. I think she's a great example of that. No-one can go near her office here in Parliament House without being drawn in to see the magnificent Indi quilt, which so beautifully depicts her electorate.

There's nothing like the mansplaining from the member for Goldstein, who, after talking about bridges, quickly moved on to talk about his privileged inner-city Melbourne electorate—nothing quite like that mansplaining!

My purpose, as well as supporting the member Indi's motion today, is to point out three areas that he could take back to his boss, where they can do a lot better when it comes to the challenges facing regional Australia.

It's now been 516 days since the city deal for Darwin was announced, but not one single dollar has gone anywhere near Darwin. Have a chat to the new Prime Minister about that—the money's been allocated.

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