Alby Schultz (Hume, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. I refer the minister to the government’s recent debt package which included funding for maintenance of Australia’s national highways. As minister with responsibility for Australia’s two major links between Sydney and Melbourne, is the minister aware that the New South Wales government has approved BHP Billiton mining for coal under the southern rail line in the Hume Highway but refused to guarantee that mining will not cause subsidence damage, even though BHP has predicted damage will occur? Minister, isn’t the government’s debt package really targeted at fixing the ongoing damage caused by the actions of state Labor governments?

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