Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. At the last election the Australian Labor Party said in its policy platform: 'We want rural and regional Australians to receive a fair share of the prosperity they create. In return, they also deserve the same standard of education, health care and community services as their fellow Australians.' Minister, since Labor was elected you've put a handbrake on agricultural productivity, fumbled major trade treaties, introduced a new truckies tax and a new fresh food tax, and threatened the family farm with superannuation changes. Minister, is this what the Prime Minister meant when Labor promised to deliver regional Australians a fair share of the prosperity they create? And why are regional Australians less prosperous now than when you were elected?