Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Again we have the situation where we are asking questions across different representational responsibilities, but I am happy to give Senator Macdonald some information. The government remains strongly committed to a nation-building agenda, which is a key part of our Economic Security Strategy. The government has established the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund and the Health and Hospitals Fund to fund critical economic and social infrastructure. Legislation to set up these funds will be introduced shortly. We have already injected $26 billion into the funds, including $12.6 billion into the Building Australia Fund.