Cathy McGowan (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, as you know, Australia is a land of great diversity, and budget measures may sometimes have unintended consequences on certain sectors of the population. In previous years, to avoid potential disadvantage to country people, a budget impact statement on regional Australia has accompanied every budget; not so this year. Will you please commit to including a budget impact statement on regional Australia in the 2015-16 budgets so that we can understand the impacts and effectiveness?

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