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

This government continues to show our commitment to building infrastructure right across Australia, including Victoria. We are creating economic growth with jobs and links to business and to markets. We are delivering through our record $50 billion infrastructure growth package. This government is about building the right infrastructure for our nation's future and supporting urban and regional communities to make sure we are able to travel around our country as we would like to. Work started on 19 new projects in 2014, and another 55 projects are commencing this year. So Australians are reaping the benefits of this budget which has substantial investment in infrastructure and providing opportunity right around Australia.

In the honourable member's own electorate, there has been very substantial work done and there are projects underway. We have just turned the sod on the duplication of the Princes Highway between Colac and Winchelsea—our contribution is $185 million—

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