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

The minister in the statement he just made is confusing the difference between the national highway Network 1, which this road was not a part of, and the general AusLink program. Therefore his explanation is completely misleading. It was the minister himself on the day when the Nation Building program was announced who put it on the national Network 1.

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