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

And Mr Truss repeats his error by saying that one per cent of them are going. It is simply completely wrong. They are unable to keep up with the present. That is the problem.

Before, we had from the Leader of the National Party the comment about the Kempsey bypass. Well, not everyone says that, not even everyone in his own party. The Leader of the New South Wales Nationals, Andrew Stoner, said, ‘It is great that Kempsey is finally getting some attention from government.’ That is what he had to say. The member for Cowper said:

The Kempsey bypass is long overdue …

He sat here as part of the former government. We take action, and he says the Kempsey bypass is long overdue! Indeed. Indeed, the member for Cowper has spoken about this issue on a number of occasions, as has the state member. What happens is that they actually go out there and claim the work that is taking place right now as their own.

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