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

We have seen this all day from the opposition. They have saved their worst for last. Here we as the government have come together, and we have been thanking Australians for their tremendous efforts this year, and we continue to do that in this place. I want to thank all those who are out there building the more than $100 billion worth of infrastructure that this government has committed to over the next 10 years—projects like the Western Sydney international airport in particular. This project is going to change not just New South Wales and Sydney; it is going to change the entire nation. When we came to government in 2013, I had sat on the opposition benches for six years. Over those six years, I heard the Leader of the Opposition go on and on and on and on about Western Sydney international airport. He didn't turn a sod. He didn't even get up a sign. The Leader of the Opposition, when it comes to the Western Sydney international airport—

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