David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The infrastructure package will fund a number of key projects across Australia. We will finish the duplication of the Pacific Highway from Sydney to Brisbane by the end of the decade, with $5.6 billion of real, cold hard cash investment. We will begin construction of the East West Link in Melbourne with a $3 billion investment. We will upgrade the north-south corridor in Adelaide, for Senator Xenophon's benefit, with $994 million worth of investment. There is $400 million for the Midland Highway in Tasmania, $111.1 million for the Majura Parkway in the ACT and $100 million to upgrade a number of roads and highways in the Northern Territory. We will continue to build a number of major upgrades around Perth in my home state of Western Australia, including Gateway for $611 million, on top of the $63 million we have already provided; $589 million, on top of the— (Time expired)