Alan Tudge (Aston, Liberal Party, Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure) Share this | Hansard source

On top of the 130 major projects which we have underway, we've also got 166 smaller-scale Urban Congestion Fund projects which we announced before the election, and we are working in close consultation with state governments to get them going. The first ones will begin at the end of this year. I've just mentioned ones in Brisbane which will begin at the beginning of next year.

But, she asks me again, what about projects which haven't started? There are two projects which haven't started. The one I mentioned last time which hasn't started is the East West Link. That is one that we do want to get underway. We've got $4 billion on the table to get this started. The Labor Party constantly says: 'Bring forward projects. Get them done.' Well, there's a project with $4 billion ready to go, if only the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Ballarat would pick up the phone to their state counterparts and just say, 'Let's get the job going.' The other one, which I know is also strongly supported over in Western Australia, is of course the Roe 8/Roe 9 project—another project which we would like to see delivered. They are the ones that are not being delivered. But our other projects are absolutely getting underway and delivering on our agenda of 166 smaller-scale projects which we're negotiating with state governments on. We're getting the job done, and they'll begin at the end of this year.

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