Mr McCORMACK (Riverina—Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Leader of The Nationals) (14:14): I thank the member for Indi for her question. Each and every day the plans of this government for regional Australia are there for all to see— Mr Fitzgibbon interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Hunter is warned. Mr McCORMACK: in the $100 billion infrastructure rollout that we are doing. The member has indicated the Regions at the ready report, and I acknowledge the work done by her predecessor, Cathy McGowan, on that inquiry. I acknowledge also the then member for Murray, now member for Nicholls, and other members for the input that they had into Regions at the ready. My department is working very hard on the final response to that important report. It is an important report, and I acknowledge the member's interest in it. She talks about a blueprint for regional Australia, and, yes, on this side we do have a blueprint for the regions, which is more than I can say for those opposite. The Liberals and Nationals continue to fight for a better deal for Australians who do not live in the capital cities, those Australians who choose to invest in the regions. As the Prime Minister knows, when the regions are strong, so too is our nation. As members may recall, and as the member for Indi indicated, on 13 February the government tabled its response to Regions at the ready: investing in Australia's future. In response to the report the then Minister for Regional Services, Senator Bridget McKenzie, announced that a regional strategic growth expert panel, as the member indicated, would review the issues raised in Regions at the ready. The panel delivered its final report in March. The government is incorporating the report's recommendations as part of our broader regional agenda. But in between that whole process happening and now, we had an election and we won. Now we're getting on with delivering an even better deal for regional Australia, because when we went to the election, those opposite— Mr Albanese interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: We won, Member for Grayndler, Opposition Leader. We won. And the regions, let me tell you, Member for Grayndler, breathed a big sigh of relief that we won the election, because they know that, when it comes to regional deals—whether it's Barkly, Tennant Creek, Hinkler or Albury-Wodonga, where the member for Indi is particularly interested—we're getting on with those successful negotiations for rolling out better programs, rolling out better services and rolling out better infrastructure in those regional deals, and using those as pilots for what we could potentially do in other regional centres. Ms Catherine King: What did you actually do? Mr McCORMACK: I'll take the interjection from the member for Ballarat. When she was in charge of regional development, it was 'Balla-rort' at the time. The ANAO were very harsh about her delivery of regional development funding— The SPEAKER: The Deputy Prime Minister— Mr McCORMACK: I withdraw. (Time expired) The SPEAKER: Is the member for Hunter seeking to table a document? Mr Fitzgibbon: No, I'm asking the Deputy Prime Minister to table the notes from which he extensively read, in which he listed about 1,000 government committees. The SPEAKER: The member for Hunter is entitled to ask the minister to table his notes, and it's my requirement to ask the minister whether he was reading from confidential material. Mr McCormack: It was very confidential. The SPEAKER: He assures me that he was, so we will go to the next question.