Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

It is disappointing that those opposite, who made the wrong call on the economic stimulus package from day 1, are now again digging the hole deeper by criticising, attacking and opposing these infrastructure projects, which they neglected for 11½ long years—projects like the O-Bahn track extension, which was not formally submitted to Infrastructure Australia for prioritisation. However, the government considered it to be a significant Major Cities project. It is the most highly patronised public transport corridor in the Adelaide metropolitan area. We have seen $1.2 billion for the Australian Rail Track Corporation. We are seeing the Brighton bypass in Tasmania. Yet I hear Senator Abetz interjecting that Tasmania got nothing. We have the Northern Expressway in South Australia, the western ring-road in— (Time expired)