Sam Birrell (Nicholls, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. After two years and three budgets, the minister is yet to announce a single regional grant funded by Labor's centrepiece regional development program. The government's own time line for the Growing Regions Program from the October '22 budget states that successful grant recipients must start their projects no later than today, 15 May, but 18 months on the minister hasn't even announced a single successful recipient. Why has Labor abandoned regional Australia?

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