Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

It is nice to know that the shadow minister supports this project. But Labor in New South Wales does not; they intend to terminate it and sack 8,700 workers. This is the attitude of New South Wales towards these viable infrastructure projects. Instead of building infrastructure for the 21st century, Labor state governments are putting workers out of their jobs and making it clear that our cities will be in gridlock for all time. (Time expired)

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