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

He's a recidivist, Mr Speaker! There is a $2 billion investment to deliver a new Melbourne intermodal terminal in Victoria. There is $400 million more for upgrades to the Bruce Highway, and, having travelled on it last week, I know those upgrades are going to save lives. There's more investment for Metronet in Western Australia, the Truro bypass in South Australia and national network highway upgrades in the Northern Territory. There are the Bass Highway safety and freight efficiency upgrades in Tasmania and an upgrade to William Hovell Drive in the Australian Capital Territory. I was near there yesterday. As Zed Seselja and I were there, the motorists were honking at our press conference. I know they were delighted—not just about the upgrades that we're doing in the ACT but acknowledging our work right across this wide, brown land.

We're getting on with creating jobs, with putting in the investment and with making opportunities.

Every state and every territory has benefited and will certainly benefit into the future with the announcements that are going to be made precisely here tonight, at 7.30. I look forward to it. The Treasurer is going to make some more exciting announcements about infrastructure and about regional Australia—because it's been regional Australia that has helped to carry this nation through the pandemic, in agriculture and in resources—to make sure that Australia continues to have those investments and those opportunities into the future. (Time expired)

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