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

I can understand the embarrassment, because the opposition leader said that the funds had come from the AusLink program, which has not existed for five years—so, $400 million for a $3 billion project from a funding program that simply does not exist. But, then again, he went to the member for Cowper's electorate and said he was going to fund the Coffs Harbour bypass, and the member for Cowper had to ring up the local media and say, 'Only joking; he didn't really mean it,' because it was not part of the program.

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