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

I thank the member for her question. We know that the promise to fix the Pacific Highway is in tatters. What we have also seen, both with the announcement on Saturday and the interview—the train wreck of an interview yesterday morning on Australian Agenda—is that the coalition have maintained their position of opposition to funding public transport in Australia. In 12 years they did not contribute a zack to any public transport project around Australia. In Sydney they committed a total of $300 million in funding a portion of the M7 in their entire 12 years in office.

We on this side of the House believe in urban public transport. The Noarlunga to Seaford line, on which the bridge was completed last week—and the member was there, the regional rail link in Victoria, the Moreton Bay rail link, the Gold Coast light rail, the Perth City rail link, Melbourne Metro 1, Brisbane innercity rail study, Perth light rail study—all of these projects are important. We have committed more to urban public transport since 2007 than all governments combined in the previous 107 years—all governments combined versus this government since 2007. We understand you have got to look after people in the regions and the city. (Time expired)

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