Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

As you well know, Deputy Speaker, we on this side of parliament are always builders. We build things. They break things and we build them.

I only have 90 seconds left; I had better get going. I want to go through three state electorates, and they have a stark choice this Saturday. In the electorate of Clarence we have Chris Gulaptis, a great MP. He has promised, and they have already started to build, a $150 million new bridge in Grafton. Bob Carr promised it 20 years ago, but guess what? It did not happen. But it will happen under the Baird government. There is $7 million for the upgrade of the Grafton hospital and $4 million for a new HealthOne precinct at Coraki to replace the hospital that was shut by the previous government.

I will move onto Lismore—I could go on with Clarence, but I have to keep moving. Thomas George has promised $180 million—I will say it again: $180 million—for the stage 3b upgrade of the Lismore Base Hospital—a new car park there. There is millions of dollars for a new health facility at Bonalbo.

I have to keep moving; I have to go to Ballina. Kris Beavis, the candidate there, who was the CEO of the local Westpac rescue helicopter and is also the chairman of his surf lifesaving club, announced $50 million on a new school and $50 million on a new rail trail, which will bring a whole new tourism industry to our region. So there is one choice for the North Coast: vote for the Nationals.

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