Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister is a man of courage and a man of authenticity. Those opposite might not like that fact, but that's what he is. No amount of coming in here and asking such—really, Senator Canavan, if you want to give a speech, why don't you just give a speech? That's not even a question here in question time, is it? It's just a little bit of diatribe, trying to get a little bit of invective up in the chamber. It's not actually seeking any information, which is what question time should be.

I've made it clear that there are 700 regional budget commitments tonight that relate to the regions, which includes $9.6 billion of election commitments for infrastructure. The project to which Senator Canavan refers remains in the budget.