Andrew Gee (Calare, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Since the days of the gold rush, our communities have been fighting for a crossing over the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point between Mudgee and Orange. There was $27.8 million of allocated funding sitting in the kitty, and the project had gone out to tender, before your government roadblocked it.

Today I met with the relevant state minister, and there's no immediate contribution for this federal initiative. Will your government support the people of our region by building this game-changing bridge? And why can't the $27.8 million be spent on improving the existing road?

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