Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Fowler for her question. I'd hope she's an enthusiastic supporter of our plan for manufacturing, because it compares with those opposite, who of course voted against the National Reconstruction Fund. They voted against it and stopped it going through this parliament for a period of time—they delayed it. But we're getting on with the National Reconstruction Fund now—have its structures set up. It isn't something that has a colour-coded spreadsheet; it's something that will get proper economic analysis for projects.

But I hope, as well, that the member for Fowler was pleased to see the new projects in the budget benefitting Fowler: $5 million for the Hume Highway corridor assessment; $47½ million for Western Sydney roads; $100 million for Western Sydney rapid bus infrastructure upgrades; and $22.5 million for Roads to Recovery funding for councils in Fowler over five years, following our increases.

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