Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories) Share this | Hansard source

I know! They hate it. But it's good work for all of us; we believe in Medicare on this side of the House. We believe in Medicare not only for the cities but for all the regional areas too.

The other thing we did was increase Roads to Recovery funding to $1 billion a year, and 85 per cent of that is going to regional councils. On this side of the House, 24 members represent regional areas. (Time expired)

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