Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I am indeed aware of many alternative approaches to regional development as well as the many, many failed approaches that we have seen in the past from the Labor government. Senators opposite involved in the Labor Party played a big role in delivering terrible policy outcomes. The biggest failure, of course, was the carbon tax, that hit regional Australia harder than anywhere else, pushing up power prices.