Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Calare. I was in the member for Calare's electorate the week before last, visiting Orange and seeing the great infrastructure rollouts that the Liberals and Nationals are doing in his electorate. He's a fine advocate for rural and regional Australia, a fine advocate indeed.

The Liberals and Nationals have a positive plan over the next decade, with $75 billion on infrastructure—a record rollout. For Inland Rail there is $9.1 billion, for the Bruce Highway duplication there is $6.7 billion, for the Pacific Highway there is $5.6 billion, for the Black Spot Program—enabling local councils to make local decisions on behalf of local people—there is $684 million, for Northern Australia Roads there is $600 million, for Beef Roads there is $100 million and for the National Rail Program, overall, there is $10 billion. We are pumping money into the economy. Sure, they are big figures, but what it's doing is easing congestion.

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