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

I hear a lot of chirping over there, so maybe if they listen up, they might learn a few things—because, last time they were in government, they used regional grants money as their own personal election war chest. They gave out $261 million of their $272 million Regional Growth Fund to coalition held seats, with $248 million of that funding allocated just before the 2019 election. That's what it's like under them: pork-barrelling on an industrial scale. But not under this government, because on this side of the House, we're a party for all the regions, not some of them.

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