Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Five point six billion dollars—that is not $1; that is $5.6 billion! That is money that will deliver the job. It will deliver the construction of this important piece of highway—something that would never have happened if Labor had been returned to government. This is indeed an extraordinary project. It will cut at least 90 minutes off the travel time for heavy transport—even more for lighter vehicles. What it will also do is reduce the road toll on this road—the number of deaths on the Pacific Highway. The work already completed has basically halved the number of deaths on the highway. This is an important project and one that the coalition will complete.

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