House debates

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Matters of Public Importance

Infrastructure

3:31 pm

Photo of Pat ConroyPat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Exactly. What else has he mentioned twice in this parliament? He has mentioned Cristal champagne twice. He has mentioned 'luxury' twice and he has mentioned 'wine', 'rugby' and 'cafes' three times. This is the quality of the contribution of the infrastructure Prime Minister. We have an infrastructure Prime Minister who does not talk about infrastructure. We have an infrastructure cabinet minister who does not even turn up to question time anymore. We have a junior infrastructure minister who folds his dixer answers into tiny pieces of paper in his exercise of origami. They deliver freight announcements like Freight Link, Inland Rail and WestConnex that do not even connect the ports. They have devoted money to the East West Link, which, for every dollar of public investment, delivered an 80c return—

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