Gavin Pearce (Braddon, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, Aged Care and Indigenous Health Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The $120 billion 10-year infrastructure pipeline adopted by the former coalition government included many worthwhile land transport projects in the state of Tasmania. They were identified in partnership with the state and territory governments, local councils, freight industry stakeholders and communities alike. Braddon is the engine room of our state's economy—with its mining, agriculture, advanced manufacturing, ports, and the list goes on—so it is no surprise that our region is a major beneficiary of the infrastructure investment pipeline. We have investments such as the $7.5 million towards the Ironcliffe Road upgrade in Penguin, $14.4 million towards the Melba Line Bulk Minerals Rail Hub, $16 million towards the Old Surrey Road Massy-Greene Drive upgrade, $22 million towards our state's road safety program, $14.4 million towards the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation tranche 4, $40 million towards targeted upgrades to the Bass Highway between Deloraine and Devonport, and $80 million towards the Tasmanian road package Bass Highway safety freight efficiency upgrades package and future priorities. It's alarming and completely unjustified to have these projects critical to our state's ongoing prosperity caught up in Labor's 90-day strategic review. It demonstrates Labor's complete lack of understanding— (Time expired)