Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

They are great questions. This review and the implementation of it will have real benefits for Australians, allowing our government to end the waste and rorts that we saw under the coalition and invest more in the projects that matter. Over the next 10 years, more than 400 individual ongoing projects are expected to be completed or substantially developed, including the north-south corridor in Adelaide, where we have proposed an additional $2.7 billion dollars in addition to the funding that was already committed; Logan and Gold Coast faster rail, where we've proposed an additional $1.8 billion on top of what we've already committed; the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace through the Hunter, where works on the next section will start imminently; and METRONET, in Western Australia, where we've proposed an additional $1 billion.

Those opposite may claim there are cuts while at the same time saying we should cut government spending, but you wouldn't want to look for consistency. They're making it up. We're not taking a single cent out of the infrastructure investment of the federal government.