George Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Herbert will attest to that. That was the Vantassel Street and the Flinders Highway intersection. It took us, raging and screaming from this side of the House, and a commitment from the Leader of the Opposition to keep that funding in place, to make this government backflip and put that funding back on the table. That is the sole reason that those projects have gone ahead in North Queensland on the Bruce Highway. So don't come in here with motions saying how good this Gillard Labor government is on the Bruce Highway—because that, my friend, is an absolute joke.

If you want to see some more facts, have a look at the headlines in the Daily Mercury, my local paper. Today we have the Mackay Road Action Group working on a campaign to lower the road toll. We have had the RACQ in recent days saying that the highway is still the most dangerous in Australia. We have had experts in international road movements come and say— (Time expired)

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