Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

One of the things that has become very clear is the rapid escalation in rural and regional communities. Indeed, many of my colleagues—and I thank them for their feedback—raising this issue with me are from rural and regional areas. We are seeing a particular impact there.

The Australian Crime Commission report indicated that organised crime is targeting rural and regional areas as a new market, and this is something we absolutely have to address. Both the task force and their work around the country will particularly target rural and regional areas. The campaign will obviously reach into rural and regional areas. I will be travelling, along with Minister Keenan, around the country. I will be going particularly to rural and regional communities and we will ensure that the voice is heard around the community of what the devastating impacts of this drug are, community by community. We have made capacity for written submissions so that anybody across the country who wants to have an input into this will be able to do so.