Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Our government's No. 1 priority in Lingiari is easing the cost of living. This budget is designed to help people, particularly in Lingiari, and that's why we're giving every taxpayer a tax cut and giving every household $300 in their energy bill. And, certainly for electorates like mine, that is welcome news, and I can't wait to get out there and talk to people in my electorate about this Labor budget. When we look at the funding for infrastructure in Lingiari, we're seeing new investment, like $23.2 million for the Sandover Highway upgrades and the national network highway, where we had some recent floods. That's certainly welcome in terms of resilience upgrades. There is $40 million for some of the remote communities, and we're seeing funding going into the Barkly Highway. There's a lot of money in infrastructure across all of our road networks, particularly in this wet season, where a lot of our roads have taken a big hit. But there's a lot of welcome news, particularly in the seat of Lingiari, and I'll be looking forward to getting out there and communicating with my electorate about the good news in this Labor budget.

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