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

I will take on notice the detail of the specific funding delivery to Tasmania, of course. But, in fact, Senator Polley has pointed to exactly one of the examples that I have used consistently this week in my answers to previous questions on this matter—and not just that program but the Building Better Regions Fund and $100 million for the Regional Recovery Partnerships program. That is about coordinating that investment with other levels of government—local and state—to support both growth and recovery, and to protect jobs, including in tourism, in 10 priority regions.

We have also, through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund, included tourism-specific measures. For example, the Supporting Australia's Exhibiting Zoos and Aquariums Program—$94½ million for that program. There is the Australian Business Events Program, supported with $50 million of Commonwealth funding. And, of course, there are many programs for the arts sector, which I understand to be important in culturally rich Tasmania.