Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

gaps in access to campuses in universities across our regions. Of course, those regional study hubs are in addition to those that are already there. And through our Powering the Regions Fund, we're investing in the transformation of our regional economies and making sure that we're ready and we're available to actually take advantage of that new economy. With telecommunications, we're investing in new broadband, making sure we're investing in mobile telecommunications. I was in the member for Hunter's electorate, and we saw the cable being rolled out in the streets there. We're investing in all of the regions, far and wide. We're making sure that there's an equitable approach, unlike those opposite. (Time expired)

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