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

I thank the senator for his question and for his interest in good policy.

As you know, Mr President, this government has made unprecedented investments in regional Australia, investments that were never seen under a coalition government. There has been some $4.3 billion invested in regional Australia, including $1.8 billion in regional health. We saw a regional priority round of the Education Investment Fund and, of course, the Regional Development Australia Fund.