Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I am. The government is continuing, as I said, its longstanding commitment to rural and regional Australia by making vital local projects a reality. What do these vital local projects do? They create more jobs, and they drive economic development across our regional and rural communities.

We have seen very, very good outcomes from the first three rounds of the Building Better Regions Fund, and we now want to build on these outcomes, including infrastructure projects that we are funding—the Tenterfield Water Treatment Plant replacement project in New South Wales; the construction of disability respite care units in Goondiwindi in Queensland, which are so important for people in need of that respite care; and, in my home state of Western Australia, in Ravensthorpe, the construction of a multipurpose centre and interactive cultural precinct. Again, these are job-creating projects to help these communities.