Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

As the member for Melbourne should well know, Hoddle Street, Flemington Road and Alexandra Parade, which should be suburban boulevards, have become traffic canyons. That is what they have become—they have become absolute traffic canyons. The people who are living in and around these streets, the people who are living in the suburbs surrounding these streets, deserve to have their suburbs and their parks back. The Leader of the Opposition thinks East West Link is a good idea—or at least he did until he was intimidated by the need for Green preferences into changing his position. One of the many advantages of East West Link stage 1 is that it will mean that Royal Park is a much better park for the people of inner-city Melbourne to enjoy.

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