Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator O' Sullivan for the question. I'm really thrilled to be standing in this place today to update the Senate on what we are doing as a government to meet the future infrastructure needs of our nation. For all Australians, no matter where they live, we on this side have got a real plan and we have put real money on the table to deliver on that plan—$75 billion over the next 10 years. That is record funding to build the infrastructure of the 21st century. We're investing in a credible, decade-long pipeline of infrastructure projects focusing on driving economic growth, increasing productivity and connectivity and also creating, of course, new employment opportunities. This pipeline will create around 50,000 additional direct or indirect jobs over a decade.

There is $5 billion for construction of a rail link to Melbourne Airport, $1.1 billion for Perth's METRONET program, $400 million to duplicate a section of the Botany rail line to construct the Cabramatta loop, $390 million for the upgrade of the Beerburrum to Nambour line on the Sunshine Coast, $300 million for the Brisbane Metro project, $220 million for the electrification of the Gawler line, $1 billion for the M1 motorway corridor, $3.3 billion for the Bruce Highway—I know that will be very welcome—$1.4 billion for Adelaide's North-South Corridor, $971 million to build the Coffs Harbour bypass, $1.75 billion for the new North East Link in Melbourne, $560 million to deliver stages 2 and 3 of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road in Western Australia, and $280 million for regional roadworks and jobs in the Northern Territory. This is real investment not only in infrastructure in the future but for Australia's jobs, for our economy and for growth.