Mr CHAMPION (Wakefield) (15:04): My question is to Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and the Arts. How is the government supporting communities across Australia through the regional development— Mr Abbott interjecting— Mr Albanese: Madam Deputy Speaker, I raise a point of order. I hesitate to interrupt my friend the member for Wakefield, but the Leader of the Opposition should withdraw the interjections he persistently makes across the chamber along the lines on which you have insisted they be withdrawn. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The Leader of the Opposition will withdraw without qualification. Mr Abbott: I withdraw. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I thank the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Abbott: It is still an untrue statement. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will remove himself from the chamber under standing order 94(a). The Leader of the Opposition has now been advised by the chair on more than one occasion. I asked you, as you approached the dispatch box, to do it without qualification. You could not help yourself. The Leader of the Opposition will leave the chamber under 94(a). The Leader of the Opposition then left the chamber. Mr CHAMPION: My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and the Arts. How is the government supporting communities across the country through the Regional Development Australia Fund, including in the mid-north region in my electorate? What are the government's future plans for the Regional Development Australia Fund?