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

Because you need money to be able to undertake the planning, and that is some of the funding that we are providing. We are providing support for these projects to bring them from a position where, under Labor, they would never have been funded. Under Labor there was no commitment to these projects. Under this government we are providing the funding and systematically bringing these projects to commission. We are building them so that Australian motorists and transport users can take advantage of this massive investment in Australian infrastructure. That is happening in Canning, that is happening in Perth and that is happening in Western Australia, as it is right across the nation.

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