Dai Le (Fowler, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I concur with the member for Curtin and the member for Wentworth. The new government promised to lead differently, bringing integrity back into the House. Therefore, from my perspective, to not accept the member for Wentworth's amendment to be more transparent and to show what you're spending—I think the public would require that of any government in terms of big projects. I'm sure Tasmanian MPs and senators have been vocal about spending on the new Hobart stadium and are crying out for housing infrastructure projects.

I call on the government to lead the way in changing the way that we make policies in the House and not to do the same thing that you accused the opposition of doing when in government. I really urge the government to consider the crossbench amendments in order to improve Infrastructure Australia, because infrastructure is really important for the country and for communities like Fowler, where we've had no investment in infrastructure at all. We have such a large population and migrant settlement there. With the 1.5 million people that we are going to bring to Australia, how are we going to proceed with the infrastructure planning of our country? I urge the government to really think outside of the square and really be genuine in terms of how they want to address and fix the problems with Infrastructure Australia.

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