Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Walsh for her advocacy for Trove. It is a program I have received significant representations on since taking on the role of finance minister. Trove is one of the Australian government's most visited online services, with more than 50,000 visits a day. Yet again, like the list that I went through before, it was chronically starved of funds by the coalition. Australians from every state and territory use Trove to research and find their family history, and it's a tool that helps Australians to get to know themselves better.

Not only does Trove attract more than 50,000 visits a day; it's got over 1,500 digitised newspaper titles and 900 partner institutions. Under the coalition's proposal, under their arrangements, it will run out of funding on 30 June this year, leaving thousands of Australians unable to research family history and to undertake that important work. This is what we are uncovering line by line as we work through the former government's budget. (Time expired)