Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Questions without Notice

Building Better Regions Fund

2:40 pm

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

You're right. They wouldn't know where it is. I'm delighted to advise the Senate that these projects are happening right across the nation. In the Northern Territory, we're going to invest $1.9 million in partnership with the Top End Association for Mental Health, TEAMhealth, to construct a new mental health facility in Darwin. It's interesting, Mr President, that those on the other side purport to be interested in mental health, so I would have thought they would have been most appreciative about funding going to a project to improve mental health in the Northern Territory.

We're also investing $446,000 in partnership with the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association to construct a specialised training centre in Roe Creek. These investments are going to make a real difference in these communities, and we know that the people in these communities need government to work with them in partnership. Government can't solve everything, but we can certainly work in strong partnership with these communities.

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