Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Green for her further supplementary question. I have already identified the Recovery for Regional Tourism Fund. I have just referred to the Building Better Regions Fund, focused on tourism infrastructure, which is about helping the regions boost the supply of new quality tourism infrastructure to drive visitation in those regions. There is also $100 million in the Regional Recovery Partnerships program, coordinating that investment with other levels of government—state, territory and local government—to support growth and recovery, including in tourism, in 10 priority regions. A $50 million business events grants program is also open for applications, helping to instil confidence in the business events industry. That is also particularly important. And the $128 million COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support Program is providing—and this is important, particularly for regions which have a high number of travel agents—one-off grants to eligible travel agents and tour arrangement service providers. All of these are focuses of the government's plan and we— (Time expired)