Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

If the senator wants to look at the commitment of this government to regional Australia I would invite him to consider the budget that was handed down earlier this year. We consolidated the programs of expenditure in regional Australia into a single document—a budget book. It shows that this government is delivering more for regional Australia than Senator Joyce was ever able to gain from a coalition government: more in health, more in education and more in infrastructure.