Mr CONROY (Shortland—Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific) (15:11): Thank you to the Prime Minister. This question demonstrates the gross ignorance of the National Party when it comes to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. I was proud to announce, with the foreign minister and the Prime Minister and others last week, that we actually exceeded our goal for this year on PALM visa entrants. When we came to power, there were 24,000 Pacific workers under the PALM scheme. We set a goal in the October budget of reaching 35,000 by 30 June this year. We reached that target in December last year— Mr Littleproud interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Nationals will cease interjecting. Mr CONROY: demonstrating again our commitment to the Pacific and our commitment to agricultural workers and spreading the scheme to other industries such as aged care. Mr Littleproud interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Nationals is warned. Mr CONROY: This scheme delivers $15,000 per worker to Pacific islanders in a region where more than one-third of people live on $1,000 a year or less. This scheme is working for the Pacific, it's working for industries that use this scheme and it's working to deepen our engagement in a region vital to our national interests. It stands in stark contrast to the mismanagement and irresponsibility of those opposite, who abandoned our relationships in that region. (Time expired)