This is a rare opportunity that the Government must grab with both hands. Implementing the recommendations could be transformational for regional, rural and remote communities.

We need all levels of Government to come back to the table to ensure the best decisions are made in the best interests of the health of our communities.

I am devastated to learn of the death of Senator Linda White.

Prime Minister, do you agree that pork-barrelling is corrupt conduct, and will you commit to working with me to stamp it out?

The renewable energy transition is well underway in regional and rural Australia, so the implementation of this report is a matter of urgency. We need to see action and we need it quickly.

All over Australia at this moment, there are people standing in one of the major supermarkets and looking down at their trolley with absolute anxiety.

Unfortunately home ownership is increasingly out of reach for so many Australian families. A decade of rampant price rises, declining availability and soaring interest rates has made it harder than ever for Australians, especially young people, to break into the housing market.

We need a vision for how government will take advantage of the strengths and the highlights of our regions.

Those at the forefront of the regional housing crisis back the regional housing infrastructure fund that I put forward and it is time that members of this place, both the opposition and the government, did so too.

With great pride, I recently joined more than 300 community members at the Violet Town RSL sub-branch for the unveiling of the Women in War memorial mural, a project conceived in 2019 by RSL member Jenni Kennedy to honour local women who have served during times of war.