Mr McCORMACK (Riverina—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Leader of the Nationals) (14:09): I didn't see any of the Labor members out the front this morning. I always come up and talk to farmers, because farmers are the lifeblood of the nation. They grow the food and fibre. Mr Fitzgibbon interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: We've got a bit of reaction. What are you standing up for? You don't stand up for anything! The SPEAKER: The Deputy Prime Minister will resume his seat. The member for Hunter will resume his seat. He doesn't have the call. Mr Fitzgibbon interjecting— The SPEAKER: No, I'm not calling you. You could only raise a point of order on relevance, and I'm making a judgement: there is no point of order on relevance. Unless you've got a point of order on another matter? If people are surprised by that, I refer to a Harry Jenkins ruling on the same matter— Mr Dutton interjecting— The SPEAKER: ironically with respect to the member interjecting, the Minister for Home Affairs! The Deputy Prime Minister has the call, and I remind him his microphone is in perfect working order! Mr McCORMACK: Indeed it is, just like the Liberal and Nationals government—perfect working order, backing workers, backing farmers, backing the electorate of Mallee, that wonderful rural Victorian electorate, home to just some of the 8.8 million Australians who call regional Australia home. We are backing them too. The member for Mallee is certainly backing her community. She's out there every day of the week, fighting hard for the farmers, fighting hard for the people who want better digital connectivity. This government is building the infrastructure to boost growth and to unlock the potential for farmers, for families—certainly in the member for Mallee's electorate. In the member's electorate, as well as investing in road, rail and air infrastructure, we've invested in the essential services people living in regional areas deserve. When I was in Mildura during the election campaign, the mayor of Mildura, Simon Clemence, said the investment we made—$2 million in the landing instruments system at the local airport—was the best investment that we had ever made for his community. He knew that it was going to grow the aviation opportunities for those communities. We've delivered $8.9 million in Mallee through the Mobile Black Spot Program. Forty-one mobile black spot towers have been funded, with 32 already installed. Opposition members interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: I hear them cry out. They didn't deliver one—not one—mobile phone tower in six sorry years of government, and I was there for three of them. You didn't deliver one—not one, not a single one. A big fat zero, zilch for you guys over there. Mr Fitzgibbon interjecting— Mr McCORMACK: Oh, I've cut a nerve. What a soft touch you are! The SPEAKER: The member for Hunter on a point of order? Mr Fitzgibbon: He's not listening to our farmers, and our farmers long ago stopped listened to him! The SPEAKER: The member for Hunter will leave under standing order 94(a). The member for Hunter then left the chamber. Government members interjecting— Dr Freelander interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my right. The member for Macarthur will cease interjecting. I haven't called the Deputy Prime Minister. Mr McCORMACK: I'm waiting. The SPEAKER: Well, you can resume your seat for a second. Just for the information of all members raising points of order: I'm not going to keep repeating myself. If you're seeking to raise a point of order, you need to state what the point of order is. If you seek my call to raise a point of order and then just give a speech, that's a gross misuse of the standing orders, and as I treated the member for Hunter I will treat anyone else raising frivolous points of order. If you can't find an opportunity to—well! The Deputy Prime Minister has the call. Mr McCORMACK: As I said, digital connectivity is important for regional Australia. And 1,047 mobile blackspot towers have been either funded or installed, and the 750th— Dr Freelander: Lies, lies, lies. Mr McCORMACK: No, it's not lies. It's not lies at all. It's the absolute truth—funded or installed. The 750th is now on air in Mallee, in the small town of Nullawil. It's not a big town, but it's an important town. It punches well above its weight, just as the rest of Mallee does, providing the food and fibre that our nation needs and that others need as well. The regional Australia migration package that was recently announced by the minister for agriculture in Mildura—a $20 million package—is also going to bring benefits for Mallee and benefits for regional Australia. (Time expired)