Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Walsh for her question. I am not familiar with the correspondence to which she is referring. Perhaps she could table that correspondence so that we can all become familiar with that correspondence.

What I can say is that the provision of commuter car parks under the Urban Congestion Fund was an important commitment and part of the Australian government's budgeted more than $5 million towards busting congestion, reducing time that people spend going to work and coming home from work, and spending more time with their families. We know that this is an important election commitment. It was not just an election commitment; it was a budgeted commitment. We know how important it was because it was a very similar program to that of the Labor Party. In fact, the Labor Party park-and-ride fund was almost identical. It was announced the day after it was announced by then opposition leader Bill Shorten. There were announcements of commuter car parks in places like Woy Woy. The day after the fund was announced, it was announced, by Woy Woy, by Senator Deb O'Neill. Does that sound right to Senator O'Neill? You announced a car park. That's extraordinary!