Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

Sorry, I can't hear you from way over there. I really can't.

In the Nationals Chief Whip's seat—congratulations on keeping your role—not only are we making a record investment in improving the Bruce Highway; we're also delivering the Rocky ring road and upgrading key beef roads across her electorate. And, while the shadow assistant minister for communications has been busy setting up SurveyMonkey surveys about the future of the coalition, we're upgrading level crossings; pushing ahead with the Western Highway Upgrade, from Stawell to the South Australian border; upgrading the Horsham junction; and fixing bridges right the way across her electorate.

For those that do remain on those benches opposite—I know the member for Wannon is now the acting shadow minister for northern Australia. To give him an update, we're, of course, sealing further sections of the iconic Tanami, we're working with the Territory government to deliver the new ship lift, and we've committed $440 million to develop new logistics hubs.

We are delivering again, right across our regions. There's a lot of work happening across the country to ensure regional communities can actually get ahead. I know it can be hard for those opposite to keep up when they're stuck in their internal party machinations. It's Labor that is the party of the bush, and we're getting on with delivering for the regions.

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