Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry) Share this | Hansard source

Sorry—how the member for Hunter did not support money for road works in and around Maitland other than the F3 link which was started and commenced by the Howard government.

Opposition members interjecting—

Oh, you live in a life of fantasy, you live in a life of denial and you do not understand. People across Australia will understand that the price fluctuations in fuel on a daily basis will be much greater than what they will be contributing in a small increase in excise—less than half a cent a litre—on 10 November. I say to people: support this. It will pay for road works, it will make roads much safer and it will provide greater fuel economies as we improve the roads of Australia.

See this speech in context