Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

In response to the pandemic, the government has announced $11.3 billion for infrastructure ventures, focused on shovel-ready projects. That consists of $1 billion to immediately bring forward work on small priority projects, $500 million for targeted road safety works, $500 million to support local councils, $1.75 billion in additional funding for Sydney Metro, Western Sydney Airport and $7.5 billion in new funding for 114 projects. Since coming to government, 399 projects have been completed. This includes 50 that were completed just in the last financial year and there are 153 projects under construction across Australia. This includes 60 that commenced construction in 2019-20. There are a further 481 projects that are in planning. That includes the Bruce Highway—Cooroy to Curra, section D; stage 2 of Mungle Back Creek to Boggabilla on the Newell Highway and the Albany Ring Road. Examples of projects recently completed include WestConnex stage 2—which was opposed by the Leader of the Opposition—which was opened to traffic in July; stage 1 of the Mackay Ring Road and the Darlington upgrade and Northern Connector projects in Adelaide. We will continue to work with state and territory governments because every dollar we spend on infrastructure is spent with state and territory governments who run these projects. I'll ask the Deputy Prime Minster to add to my answer.

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