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

I thank the member for her question. I can confirm that already we have nine projects which are either under construction or are out to tender as we speak and that this year we will have 69 projects which will be under construction, and we expect the remainders to be under construction the following year. Of course, we're working very closely with our state and territory counterparts to see that they are done as quickly as possible. And, even in Victoria where we have the vast majority of those projects, as the minister herself has said, they are working as quickly as possible to get those projects done. In most cases, they are the delivery partner.

I can also confirm that we have literally thousands of projects across Australia underway right now as we speak. This is supporting 85,000 jobs right now as we speak. There are more which are coming. Just this weekend, there'll be another great project, which is going to be opened in Adelaide, the Northern Connecter, as I know the members from Adelaide will be only too aware. There are more which are in planning, which are going to be underway very shortly as well. We have the Monash stage 2 freeway, which will be kicking off next week, providing a minimum of a thousand jobs.

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