Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

They are supporting a fuel tax that will disproportionately affect Australia.

Senator Nash interjecting—

They are supporting a paid parental leave scheme that will disproportionately affect rural Australia.

Senator Nash interjecting—

I thought, Senator Nash, that you would have fought harder for the communities you claim to represent. It was ironic that it was the Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, who revealed the government will not fund projects in round 5 of the Regional Development Australia Fund, which were worth about $3 million to my home state of Tasmania. Even when the minister responsible for regional Australia is the Leader of the Nationals, they still cut investment in infrastructure in regional Australia. And I have spoken previously in this place about the projects that have been axed by the Liberals and the Nationals.