Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Gippsland, I informed parliament last week, had a photograph in his local paper in an article in which he welcomed the upgrade of, as he put it, ‘one of Traralgon’s most dangerous intersections’ under the Black Spot Program. He went and got his photo taken there with the local representative, Mr Peter Wood. He looked at the upgrade plans and he said:

These upgrades will help to make the intersection safer and improve traffic flow along the highway and through the Central Business District.

He praises it in the electorate, he gets his photo taken in the electorate and today he voted against funding of that Black Spot Program. We will hold those opposite to account for their voting record. They cannot come in here and oppose funding for their own electorates, particularly road funding for black spots, move this ridiculous amendment put forward by the Leader of the National Party and then purport to support it in their own seats. They do one thing in Canberra and another thing in their electorates, and their opportunism—

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