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

Thank you to the member of Higgins for that question. She is a great believer in the investments that we are making in Victoria for our infrastructure program, led of course by the infrastructure Prime Minister. The member for Higgins, along with the member for Deakin—Townsville is not included in that, I don't think—the member for La Trobe fights very hard; the member for Casey fights very hard on the eastern side, and of course the member for Corangamite, who is constantly arguing for the East West Link stage 2, which this government funded in the budget with an additional 1½—

Mr Albanese interjecting—

The Minister for Social Services, as the member for Grayndler rightly picks up, is a big supporter of the East West Link.

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