Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I realise that I forfeit my right to speak further in the debate. As a person who put a lot of time into regional development, I have to say that the REDOs which the previous Labor government put into place were a dismal failure. In fact, not one of them survived once the government funding was cut off. It is all very well to argue the toss about what are good models for regional development, but the previous government’s model for regional development—

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