Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy Affordability) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Labor has dudded Western Sydney residents yet again, this time on three key infrastructure projects with broken promises and funding cuts. Firstly, the Albanese Labor government officials this week could not answer questions in Senate estimates about why the Dunheved Road upgrade through my electorate is two years behind schedule, when the infrastructure minister came to the electorate at the time of the 2022 federal election and promised to fast-track this project? It is extraordinary. Residents from Cambridge Park to Werrington are outraged. The Morrison government delivered this funding, and we needed Penrith City Council to begin construction long ago.

Secondly, Mulgoa Road upgrades have been cut by the Albanese Labor government. The government's officials told Senate estimates that stages 5A Blaike Road to Jamison Road and 5B Jamison Road to Union Road will receive no federal funding. People in this part of the world, in my electorate, have been waiting for these upgrades to happen. They actually promised it, and work is underway on this very road. But that doesn't matter to the Albanese Labor government. The funding was cut.

Thirdly, the government was not able to answer questions about why Minister King cut planning funding around Western Sydney International Airport. Western Sydney residents deserve so much more. (Time expired)