Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

are looking forward to further growth in that. We are very aware of the capital requirements of Tasmania—the capital requirements of the Bass Highway and the Midlands Highway and of the water infrastructure projects—because we are a government that builds infrastructure. We are a government that builds substantial infrastructure. And we're currently at work on Badgerys Creek and on Inland Rail. These things are vitally important. We have a vision. We'll make sure that we have a sealed road that goes from the top of Cape York to the bottom of the mainland and then through, bisecting, Tasmania. This is the sort of vision you have. We are not the philosophers on a log. We are the people who believe in infrastructure. I look forward to many questions from the future leader of the Labor Party.

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