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

I thank the member for his question. The Bridgewater Bridge is something that we have said we would fund, and we will. It's quite as simple as that. We're getting on with the job. We're working with the Tasmanian government—the Hodgman government. When I go to Tasmania, the difference between what we saw before the Hodgman government taking over the reins in Tasmania and what we see now is writ large.

The fact is there is infrastructure such as the Bridgewater Bridge which we look forward to building with the Tasmanian government. There are projects such as the Scottsdale Irrigation Scheme which we're getting on and building, and during the election campaign, it was delightful to go to the—

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