Andrew Gee (Calare, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. It defies belief that the main access road in and out of the Central West relies on a bridge built by a convict chain gang in the 1830s. The Great Western Highway at Victoria Pass is now closed because, unsurprisingly, that Convict Bridge has failed. This highway is not fit for purpose. For decades, all the major parties have let us down on access to the city—just cheap talk, broken promises and small change. Will you apply pressure to and work with the New South Wales government to finally deliver a genuine expressway through to Sydney?

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