Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to the honourable member for her question. My colleague the infrastructure minister reminds me that we're investing an extra $2 billion in infrastructure in Western Sydney—an extra $2 billion of investment in infrastructure in Western Sydney. And that's because, if you look around at the members on this side of the House, from Western Sydney they come here and represent their communities with enthusiasm and with great success, making sure that in a budget which has some pretty serious fiscal constraints we still find room to invest billions of dollars in one of the most important communities in our country and one of most important parts of our national economy. And we will continue to make those kinds of investments in Western Sydney, whether people are waving placards around or not.

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