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

Your release says you were inspecting works on the first stage. We have the release here and on that he says:

AusLink involves a record $38 billion spending on road and rail infrastructure over 10 years—

10 years—

to 2014.

So he is on the record in lots of places arguing what their commitment is under AusLink. AusLink of course had a period of AusLink 1, and then they committed to having AusLink 2. They say ‘10 years to 2014’, but then they argue they committed to $5 billion extra. They try to argue two different positions, two diametrically opposed positions. They are wrong about lots of the detail as well in terms of, for example, the Black Spot Program and boom gates. All these measures, as part of the economic stimulus plan, have been critical to supporting jobs in the short term whilst building the infrastructure we need in the long term.

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