Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Since the member for Bendigo was a girl, which was not that long ago. For the CAMCOS corridor heavy rail option, which I am absolutely pushing for in this place amongst my colleagues, the federal government funded three feasibility studies for heavy rail. One went to Melbourne, one went to New South Wales and one came to Queensland. We were very fortunate to get that funding for a heavy rail, or fast rail, feasibility study. I am constantly hounding the Treasurer and the Prime Minister to give us funding for that project. Public transport is the sole responsibility of the state government, so the state government needs to work with us, particularly as we lead into the 2032 Olympic Games. Our time on the Sunshine Coast is now. In order for us to host many of these great events for the 2032 games, we need to have a much better public transport system. So I'm appealing to the Prime Minister and the Treasurer: we need to fund heavy rail in conjunction with the state. Mark Bailey, I'm asking you as well, as the state transport minister, to put your very long arms in your short pockets and give us some money for heavy rail on the Sunshine Coast.

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