Senator CANAVAN (Queensland—Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) (14:53): I thank Senator Cameron for his question. It is actually a convenient segue from what I was just talking about—about how we believe in supporting the regions, on this side of politics; we believe in growing regional Australia; and we believe in creating new opportunities for those people who live in smaller towns, who might not have the benefits of those of us in larger cities. This town here, where some of those organisations Senator Cameron mentioned reside, benefited greatly from that government investment, that government involvement in creating those investments in those agencies, and that is what we want to try to do in other towns as well. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron, a point of order. Senator Cameron: Thank you, Mr President. This is a segue from the question. The question was: why is the minister ignoring all of these organisations who rely on this organisation? He has not gone near that, and I want to know why he is ignoring the Farmers' Federation, Agribusiness et cetera. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cameron. The minister has only just commenced his answer. I will remind the minister of the question. Senator CANAVAN: Through you, Mr President: Senator Cameron, I have great respect for organisations like the National Farmers' Federation and other stakeholder groups, but I am here and the government is here to represent the people that elect us. We are all here as representatives of the people, not of particular organisations, not of particular stakeholders or sectional groups. We are here to represent the people we represent. I am proud, down here in our little corner of the National Party, to represent regional Australia. Many senators in the Liberal Party as well represent regional Australia, and many of our crossbenchers, and some Labor senators—unfortunately, fewer than before the election—represent regional areas. I am proud that we represent those people. I am proud that we have a plan to try to create more opportunity for them. So, while I accept that others will have different views on this issue and that others may disagree, as is their right to do, with our decision on these matters, we have made this decision. We have made it publicly. We took it to the election and the government was re-elected, and we have every intention of making sure that we meet our commitments to the Australian people that we made. One of these that is very important is growing our regional towns and communities, particularly by providing the seed capital, if you like, through government investment and government placements of staff, so that the broader economy can be created in our regional and country towns.