Senator WONG (South Australia—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:07): I thank the senator for his question and for his interest in good policy. As you know, Mr President, this government has made unprecedented investments in regional Australia, investments that were never seen under a coalition government. There has been some $4.3 billion invested in regional Australia, including $1.8 billion in regional health. We saw a regional priority round of the Education Investment Fund and, of course, the Regional Development Australia Fund. Honourable senators interjecting— Senator WONG: It is unsurprising that I could have been Deputy Prime Minister, Senator Joyce. Senator Joyce is very quiet while we are talking about all of the things that this government has delivered to regional Australia. The record of this government stands in stark contrast to the performance of the opposition because after a decade of neglect of the regions which the National Party participated in—and it took a Labor government to turn that around—we see now what Mr Abbott's real plan is, a plan that he has been keeping secret, a plan that has all the rigour of something dreamt up by Senator Joyce, the man who apparently could have been Deputy Prime Minister according to him. But more worrying than the fact that this really does look like Barnaby might have dreamt— The PRESIDENT: Order! You need to refer to people by their correct title. Senator WONG: I will come to where this actually came from. It certainly looks like something Senator Joyce dreamed up. But what is more worrying is that it has been authored by the man who wants to be the finance minister, Mr Robb. The Liberal Party must be shaking their heads. (Time expired)