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

Labor are seeking to take credit for projects that they had not funded, they had not built and, in some cases, they had not even talked about. The coalition is funding and delivering on its commitments in relation to infrastructure: $2.9 billion for the Western Sydney roads package, including Bringelly Road, which I spoke about yesterday—no commitment from Labor to Western Sydney roads—and almost $2 billion for the Toowoomba range crossing, a project of great interest to the member for Wright. Labor have never supported that project. Indeed, they have been a constant critic of it. What about the $925 million for the Perth Freight Link? Again, Labor are critics of the project. They have not funded it and it is not on their list. What about the Outback Way or the Great Ocean Road, projects to which we have committed where Labor is lost in action? And the Pacific Highway—Labor in government walked away from the 2016 target completion date, then demanded that New South Wales pay 50 per cent of the cost, when the traditional arrangements were 80-20. The facts are: this government has restored the 80-20 funding mix, and we have got it back on track—$3 billion committed, much more than Labor had ever offered. And what about, for that matter, the Bruce Highway—an $8.5 billion plan with the former Queensland government? Labor offered only $4.1 billion. There are more than 30 projects that we will be building on the Bruce Highway that Labor never even thought of. What about, for that matter, WestConnex? Yes, they said they would build WestConnex, so long as there was no toll—and they would build Gateway North so long as there was a toll! The reality is: this government has delivered, where Labor— (Time expired)

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