Anne Webster (Mallee, National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On 1 May, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King, announced a review of the government 's 10-year infrastructure pipeline. What are we up to now—137 days or more? We're still counting.

Meanwhile, Mallee communities are still waiting to hear whether their key projects will be axed by this Albanese government—projects like the $60 million Swan Hill Bridge, which has been in the works for more than 15 years, through a comprehensive planning process and extensive community consultation conducted by the New South Wales and Victorian governments; or the $360 million duplication of the Western Highway between Ararat and Stawell—a major throughway from Melbourne to Adelaide; all our transport goes this way—including a comprehensive planning process that has been completed. The people of Horsham are waiting to hear if the axe will fall on their new roundabout, which they've been crying out for, to provide a safe intersection for noisy and dangerous heavy vehicles—the same ones that are going from Melbourne to Adelaide. Even worse, this Labor government will not fund any regional community infrastructure grants at all for more than two years, between February 2022 and April 2024. It is a disgrace.