Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I know exactly what is in the budget and, as has already been pointed out, I am going through it point by point because Senator Joyce is too lazy to bother to read the budget papers. So $225 million to assist parents with the cost of child care including those in rural and remote areas of Australia who are undertaking work, study or training, to better enable them to take advantage of employment opportunities; $77 million over four years for a new grants program to help dentists relocate to regional, rural and remote areas; $34.9 million to meet increased demand of GPs wanting to move to and remain in rural and remote communities; $7 million to enable the not-for-profit organisation Community Based Employment Advice Services to better meet the demands of clients in regional areas with restricted access—(Time expired)