Jim Lloyd (Robertson, Liberal Party, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Werriwa very much for the question. His criticism of the member for Macarthur is probably just because he wishes that he had the profile of Pat Farmer. But it would be good to see the members working together on these issues. Look, I am happy to receive any recommendations from the local member. I am also happy to receive recommendations from the state government on prioritising these works under the AusLink 2 program. It is a vast program stretching through to 2014. We have conducted, under the AusLink department, some 24 corridor studies around Australia of which I believe 22 are now complete, if not the final two, at this stage. Obviously the Melbourne-Sydney corridor is a part of those considerations. We would certainly be happy to take any representations in relation to expenditure on that.

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