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

I'm very happy to take the detail of that on notice for the senator. But, in referring to those grants programs, it does give me an opportunity to talk about the very great benefit that they bring for regional Australia. Those grants programs and the decisions that I have made have provided enormous benefit for people living across rural, regional and remote Australia. And it's not just those regional programs—it's across a whole range of areas.

We had nearly half a billion dollars in the previous budget going out to rural, regional and remote communities. That is unprecedented. We have seen $220 million under this government go out to the Mobile Black Spot Program. I am really proud of that. This coalition government have done a tremendous job delivering for the regional people across this country when it comes to those mobile phone black spots. Colleagues, how many dollars did Labor expend on mobile phones? Zero—not one cent. So we are very, very proud of the programs and decisions that I have made and, indeed, the government are making in relation to regional Australia and, when it comes to the Sky Muster mess that Labor left us, the decisions that the coalition government have made to fix that. I am very confident in our ability and in the decisions that we are making that are improving the lives of regional Australians.