Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

At the time of the announcement of the intention of the government to establish the Regional Investment Corporation, Minister Joyce put on the public record that there were a number of other locations that were considered, those being—though not exclusively—Albury Wodonga, Bathurst, Bendigo, Lithgow, Toowoomba and Wagga Wagga; they were also considered as locations for the RIC. However, Orange, on assessment, met a greater number of the criteria to establish a centre of excellence for agriculture for this particular organisation.