Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Grayndler is interjecting that it is just not true. The numbers do not back you up in the comments that you are making, member for Grayndler. Our capital investment in transport, as well as Defence and communications infrastructure, is contributing to positive growth in our economy right around the nation. Our economy is now growing faster than seven of the biggest economies in the world. So he can come in here and be negative, he can whinge, he can complain, but he cannot dispute the fact that there are thousands of projects underway right now across Australia—in our capital cities and right through to the Roads to Recovery projects and Black Spot projects.

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