Dai Le (Fowler, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Given that the Labor member for Fairfield, who should have a voice in government, has resorted to protesting against his own Labor government with placards and social media to secure a long-overdue upgrade for Carramar station in my electorate of Fowler, what commitment do you have to ensure our community in south-west Sydney receives its fair share of Commonwealth infrastructure investment, noting that the metro line through Fowler was cancelled by state and federal Labor?

Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you to the honourable member for her question. My colleague the infrastructure minister reminds me that we're investing an extra $2 billion in infrastructure in Western Sydney—an extra $2 billion of investment in infrastructure in Western Sydney. And that's because, if you look around at the members on this side of the House, from Western Sydney they come here and represent their communities with enthusiasm and with great success, making sure that in a budget which has some pretty serious fiscal constraints we still find room to invest billions of dollars in one of the most important communities in our country and one of most important parts of our national economy. And we will continue to make those kinds of investments in Western Sydney, whether people are waving placards around or not.