Paul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Multicultural Engagement) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, President. I say to Mr Neumann: you can't blame the state government. You can't say the state government ate your homework, because, for 14 out of 18 years, there was a Labor state government in Queensland. For 14 out of the 18 years that you've been the federal Labor member for Blair, there was a Queensland Labor government. So you can't say the state Labor government ate your homework. I make no apology for standing up for the people of the Somerset Region or for standing up for the people of the Ipswich region and calling for the Labor government to provide the roads, rail and bridges which the people of Ipswich and the people of the Somerset Region deserve.

Senate adjourned at 17:56