Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

Unlike Labor—unlike these people interjecting—we actually have a 2030 target. That mob over there still can't work out whether they're Arthur or Martha. Look at Defence—we're absolutely helping our Australian Defence Force personnel. We know that those opposite cut $18 billion out of Defence. They gutted Defence. They brought it down to 1½ per cent of GDP. We said before the 2013 election that we would increase Defence investment to two per cent of GDP, and we've now beaten that. We've delivered that—once again, the Morrison government delivering. That runs across Air Force, Navy, Army—I could go through all the infrastructure that we've delivered, and I'm very proud to be a part of the government that is delivering it.

When we look at infrastructure, not just in my electorate but in all 151 electorates around this country, the Morrison government has committed to over 1,000 major land transport infrastructure projects, of which, would you believe, 399 have been completed, 195 are under construction or underway and 481 are in planning, and we've committed to more than 31,000 smaller transport infrastructure projects, of which 2,900 have been completed and delivered. Nearly 2,600 are planned and underway. I only have to look in my own electorate to know what's being delivered. These are all projects that we promised before the last election. Construction of an autism hub, the AEIOU, in north Brisbane, in Pine Rivers, a $4½ million project that the member for Dickson and I promised, is now completed, helping young children with autism get a great start in life. The shade cloth and upgrades for the Aspley Memorial Bowls Club—$590,000—has been delivered. It's up and running. The member for Sydney should come up and have a bowl! It's done and delivered.

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