Senator LUDWIG (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery) (14:55): It is more than those opposite have ever done for regional and rural Australia. Regional Australia will play a vital role. The difficulty is that they do not want to hear it. They have closed their minds and they have closed their ears to it. They are neglecting their own constituencies, whereas the Labor government will invest $4.3 billion in regional Australia— Senator Carr: How much? Senator LUDWIG: $4.3 billion in investments in the 2011-12 budget to drive improvements in regional hospitals and to help education facilities and community and transport infrastructure. That is what this government is doing. When those on the other side were in government they neglected it. Why? Because the Nationals kept getting rolled by the Liberal Party—and they were happy to be rolled. The Nationals are now bringing forward their own policies, but they will again get rolled by the Liberals. (Time expired)