Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

As those opposite would understand, the Perth Freight Link project will deliver significant travel time savings for the community in Western Australia. The commencement of work on-site on Roe 8 was in December 2016. We remain committed to that project. We have committed $1.2 billion to that project.

It is interesting having the member for Grayndler as my shadow, because I know the member for Grayndler is not interested in my job. We know what job he is interested in. I simply say to the member for Grayndler: this is a government which is getting on with the job of delivering a $50 billion infrastructure investment program right throughout Australia, including the $1.2 billion allocated to the Perth Freight Link.

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