Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Oh, I certainly am, and it is the Labor Party's policy failures in regional Australia that I am aware of. I might even need an extension of time, because this list is so long. What did we see from those opposite in government? We saw the carbon tax that decimated regional Australia. We saw those opposite ban live export to Indonesia, the cattle trade, decimating communities across the North of Australia and below. There were cost blowouts and delays to the NBN. When it comes to mobile phone black spots, how many were addressed? We remember from last time: zero. Then we have the former failed minister Senator Wong's water stuff-ups: $303 million to buy back water from Twynam—only 20 per cent—and $34 million for Tandou—supplementary water which they only got in a flood. These are Labor's failures in the regions. (Time expired)