Barry Haase (Kalgoorlie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads. Would the minister inform the House of funding that councils in my electorate of Kalgoorlie and throughout Australia will receive prior to 30 June this year from the Australian government’s supplementary Roads to Recovery payment?

Jim Lloyd (Robertson, Liberal Party, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the outstanding member for Kalgoorlie—

Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Tanner interjecting

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Melbourne is warned!

Jim Lloyd (Robertson, Liberal Party, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

for the question. The member represents one of the largest electorates in the world, covering some 33 council areas. I am very pleased to inform the member, and to inform the House, that those 33 councils in the electorate of Kalgoorlie will receive before 30 June this year a supplementary Roads to Recovery payment of $12,920,000 that they can use on building better and safer roads in their council areas. That is of course on top of the first payment this year of another $12,920,000.

I note that some 18 mayors from south-east Queensland visited Canberra yesterday to talk about road funding. I am pleased to inform those 18 mayors from the councils in south-east Queensland that they will also receive before 30 June $22,246,000 in extra payments for their councils so they can get on with building better and safer roads. Of course, for the Brisbane City Council that also includes a $7,156,000 extra payment on top of the $26 million that Brisbane council received in financial assistance grants this year. I am sure that the member for Lilley, the member for Brisbane and the member for Griffith will welcome that extra payment to the Brisbane City Council and to councils all around Australia.