Robert Oakeshott (Lyne, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, with so many timber bridges now failing on local roads throughout this country, such as the Marlee and Duffs bridges in the Upper Manning, will the Prime Minister now consider establishing a Commonwealth replacement fund that will assist state governments and local councils in addressing this issue which is of such cost and such magnitude that it remains a job too big for the other two tiers of government and therefore remains a job undone? Prime Minister, will the Commonwealth engage on what is a life-changing matter for many rural Australians and, if so, when?

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