David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The short, obvious answer is no. This fund that we are looking at creating will make regional communities a place where more people choose to live as they pursue opportunities for themselves and their families. And, may I say, it is a very important initiative for those people living in extremely remote regions of my home state of Western Australia. Grants will be available to meet up to half the cost of infrastructure projects. This is a dynamic, innovative scheme to assist the people living in outback Western Australia. Projects with a strong economic focus, particularly those in disadvantaged regions, will receive priority for funding—and, after five years of Labor, most of those regions are very disadvantaged, may I say.