Andrew Gee (Calare, National Party, Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

I thank very much the member for Mallee for her question and for her ongoing support of the government's decentralisation agenda. We on this side of the House support decentralisation, and for the National Party it's core business. Indeed, as Black Jack McEwen once said, we are 'the specialists for rural industries and rural communities'. That's what Black Jack McEwen said. Since 2013, this government has relocated over 1,700 jobs from the major capital cities.

Ms Madeleine King interjecting—

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