Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

This scheme delivers $15,000 per worker to Pacific islanders in a region where more than one-third of people live on $1,000 a year or less. This scheme is working for the Pacific, it's working for industries that use this scheme and it's working to deepen our engagement in a region vital to our national interests. It stands in stark contrast to the mismanagement and irresponsibility of those opposite, who abandoned our relationships in that region. (Time expired)

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