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

I'm glad to stand here today to have another opportunity to talk about regional Australia. It's one of my favourite pastimes, although I was a bit surprised that the member for Riverina chose to raise our record on delivering for regional Australia this week. Going by the results of the Farrer by-election, I would have thought that the Nationals and Liberals might want to stay quiet for a bit longer. They've got a lot of work to do to win back the trust of regional Australia—a lot of work.

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