Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

We've certainly seen tremendous amounts of rain right across Central Australia, and, even still, right up through to the north. This is all too common during the wet season in the Top End, but our food resilience package is helping stores limit the impact in terms of some of our communities being cut off from access. It is working. It's why the Albanese Labor government is expanding that package to 75 additional remote stores. We're upgrading storage and refrigeration so stores can keep essentials stocked and foods fresh when roads are cut off, which has been happening quite a lot recently. All we heard yesterday from those opposite was just negativity. I do encourage those opposite to really see what we are trying to do here. It's one of the first times that I haven't seen bipartisan support here in the Senate, and I really urge senators to try and do that. (Time expired)