Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

The budget invests $1.9 billion—something the member for Lindsay could only ever dream of and couldn't actually deliver—towards 14 new projects and provides additional funding towards two existing projects that will help underpin significant jobs and growth in Sydney's west. Where the Liberals and Nationals frankly left this important region behind, we are delivering the money that is required to actually deliver on these road projects—not just press releases.

Yesterday I was on the Sunshine Coast to announce a further $1.5 billion for stage 1 of direct Sunshine Coast rail to Caloundra, an important project not just for the Olympics but also for transport for the South-East, something that was woefully underfunded by those opposite. You can't build a rail track on a press release. We're delivering infrastructure those opposite could only dream of. (Time expired)

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