Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The message, Senator Davey, that I have for the people of Lismore is that they finally have a federal government who will actually deliver for them. They have a government that shows up, unlike the former government. Certain people from our opposition, as it was at the time, were in Lismore shortly after the floods, and we will deliver.

I do need to just correct one thing I said before: the funding that Senator Sheldon announced was $30 million for commercial landlords, as opposed to $50 million, so just to correct the record there. There's so much support that we're putting in, it's sometimes hard to remember exactly how much. There's so much money being put in, which is very much deserved.

The announcement the Prime Minister made in Griffith the other day was to announce how the money would be spent. We have worked with the New South Wales government collaboratively, something that the previous Liberal and National federal government was unable to do with a Liberal and National government, and we're now getting on with delivering the money. (Time expired)