Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

With very little time left I want to take this opportunity to thank my constituents in the electorate of Gorton for their hard work in campaigning for the Deer Park Bypass. The Deer Park Bypass opened very recently. It connects the Western Highway to the Western Ring Road. It was a long campaign, involving many events in the electorate and also the lobbying of the state government and a petition in this place. Five thousand petitioners petitioned for the construction of the Deer Park Bypass. That bypass has led to the removal of congestion in the suburbs of Caroline Springs, Burnside, Deer Park, Kings Park and some other areas. It has also made it far more efficient and far easier for those who live in Bacchus Marsh and Melton to commute to the city without having to go through those suburbs. It is a fantastic piece of infrastructure. Of course, it created many jobs and it now provides a great opportunity for the commuters of that area, and throughout Melbourne, to take an easier passage from those communities. It was the great efforts of my constituents that have ensured that result.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! It being 9 pm, the debate is interrupted.