Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, I think he has lost touch with his senses. We are delivering infrastructure reform to Infrastructure Australia and we are working with the states to deliver more infrastructure more quickly and more efficiently. We want the states to do more and we think the states can do more; they can deliver projects better and more efficiently. We are working with them to do that because it is very important for our future—it is a very important part of our economic plan to deliver more infrastructure right across Australia, whether it be road, rail or improved freight networks. By the end of the year we will have a 15-year plan that Infrastructure Australia is now working on with the states, local government and the Australian community. We are a government that consults; we are a government that listens; but we are a government that delivers.

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