Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

It is a little embarrassing, isn't it, because there is so much assistance to regional Australia that this government is providing. They do not want to hear about the budget and the investment in hospitals and schools in regional Australia. I thought you represented regional Australia, Senator. Don't you want to hear about the investments there? You want to just ignore them. You want to pretend that this is a carbon price that is being put in without regard whatsoever to over $4 billion being invested in regional Australia—

Senator Joyce interjecting—

Funding that you never could get, Senator Joyce. I do not know whether you have got something wrong with your neck—there is some very strange movement. You could never get that when you were in government for your constituents.