Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

First, this government is the greatest supporter of regional Australia this nation has seen in a very long time. We have put more money into regional health and regional infrastructure than you ever managed to get out of the Liberal Party. The National Party really have to be known as the doormats, because they never managed to get this sort of investment into regional Australia when they were in government. They never managed to get the great Peter Costello to put this much money into regional Australia.