Jason Wood (La Trobe, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and Pacific Island Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Being stuck in traffic is very annoying. In Clyde Road in Berwick, residents have had enough as roadworks continue on. I must say that, back under the Morrison government, we committed $70 million to put dual carriageways each way from the train line to over the Monash Freeway. State Labor said: 'You have to take it or leave it. It's going to be $298 million.' We all know the reason why. It came to the CFMEU taking their 30 per cent cut—and they were very proudly putting up their shameful CFMEU flags.

The point I'd really like to make here is: why has it taken so long? That was funding committed under the Morrison government, and the final project still hasn't been delivered. It's driving residents nuts. It's a disgrace in the first place and an absolute rort how this project has blown out from $70 million. The $70 million was a figure put out by Casey council, a very large council which has teams of engineers. When I spoke to them, when all of a sudden it was going to be $250 million, they said simply, 'It's an absolute rort.' And that's what it is. Get on with it, Labor. Again, it's disgraceful behaviour.

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