Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

This is just another example of our Liberal-National government backing Australia's small and medium-sized businesses, as we do through lower taxes and support for their employment of record numbers of Australians. For those in the tourism sector who wish to take advantage of the Building Better Regions Fund and can do so, applications are now open. I encourage them to visit business.gov.au to look at the details and applications for the Building Better Regions Fund, which close on 15 November this year. Applicants need to be working with a not-for-profit organisation. I encourage tourism small businesses to partner with local councils or other community organisations to be eligible to maximise the potential benefits to regional Australia to access these funds, because this investment, alongside our other investments, our lower taxes and our better investment environment will help spur more jobs and more opportunities for people living and working across regional Australia.