Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to talk about an issue that I have discussed in this place on many occasions, and that is the overpass at the intersection of Reid Highway and Mirrabooka Avenue in my electorate of Stirling. I am very pleased to report that we have some positive news on that front: the state Liberal government has come up with the money to fund the total for that overpass, which will cost $30 million. Sadly, in the past 6½ years that I have been in parliament, both state and federal Labor have consistently promised my community money for this project, but of course when it comes to the crunch they have never delivered one cent and it is up to the Liberal government in Western Australia to fund that in totality. I think that is embarrassing; it is a very poor reflection on this Commonwealth government, which has consistently promised my community that this would be built.

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