Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I address my question to the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. Is the government considering changes to the two-week-old budget to restore funding to the M2-F3 design works in this financial year?

Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for that question, because there has been a degree of discussion about road funding in New South Wales, and a lot of it has been inaccurate. I pay tribute to the fantastic job the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, our roads minister, is doing. He sat down, along with the Prime Minister, to work our way through infrastructure issues in New South Wales. He reached agreement with some ministers in New South Wales. It is just a pity their Premier ratted on the deal.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That is actually what happened. We remain committed to investing in roads in New South Wales, in suburban Sydney, along the Pacific Highway and out into our great regions. We are very proud of our record of investing in infrastructure in road, rail and ports. Our minister is doing a fantastic job there, and there is absolutely no need for any changes to our budget.

Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The question contained no debate and no argument. It went to one very specific road and one very specific budget measure and he has yet to deal with the issue at all in his answer.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Treasurer has finished.