Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I do want to indicate to the member for Mayo that we're not supporting her amendment but we do understand the principle in which she's moving it. We do agree that we need to make sure that regional towns, particularly, and remote areas of Australia do get access to the fund. We will be looking at the best ways to do that. It might not be through primary legislation; it might be through the investment mandate. We do want to explore in the Senate the best way to do that. As I indicated earlier, we will be supporting some of the member for Indi's amendments to the supply council in terms of geographical disbursement.

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