Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

In addition to our ongoing record support for Tourism Australia and their marketing efforts, we are also continuing to fund major investment in tourism infrastructure. In the budget this year we announced a $50 million tourism icons package that's going to deliver benefits to regions such as the Freycinet in Tasmania. I'm delighted that Senator Duniam, as the Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism, will be playing a key role in the delivery of those regional tourism icons.

We'll also see investment as a government in the Shipwreck Coast, Kakadu National Park and the Jabiru township. We have continued our commitment to making sure that a tourism component is a dedicated element of the Building Better Regions Fund to provide targeted support in small tourism grants right around regional Australia. We also, in our election campaign, committed $40 million to fund, establish and grow Indigenous tourism as part of our government's commitment to making sure that visitors to Australia get an authentic Indigenous tourism experience as part of— (Time expired)