House debates Bills
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012; Consideration in Detail
Simon Crean Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
11:15 am
We have also introduced in this budget paper—if you are prepared to look at it—the concept of spatial accounting, which will enable regions to identify better the resources that are available to them. This is a substantial commitment to the regions. We are not going to leave them behind; we are going to integrate them into the mainstream structure.
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