Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last week it was a great pleasure to join Victorian Premier Denis Napthine at the opening of the Waurn Ponds Police Station in South Barwon SES. Just up the road is the new Waurn Ponds train station—yet another example of how the Victorian government is delivering across the Geelong region.

This Saturday there is a stark choice. A re-elected Napthine government will build the East West Link and deliver nearly 7000 jobs during construction. State Labor will shut it down and destroy those jobs. State Labor is also intent on harming local beaches and our precious environment on the Bellarine; its Bay West port plan to blast Port Phillip Heads and dredge the bay will do irreversible environmental damage. Over the past four years the Napthine government has built a strong and prosperous economy, delivered surplus budgets and Victoria is the only state with a AAA credit rating. State Labor and Daniel Andrews, with their insidious links to the CFMEU, will send our state backwards. Member for South Barwon, Andrew Katos, and Liberal candidates Paula Contell, Tony McManus and Ron Nelson are working hard to build a better Geelong. Better schools, better local hospitals, a bypass for Drysdale, a $35 million redevelopment of GPAC, funding for a new convention centre are some of their local commitments. To build a better Geelong and a better Victoria, I urge all Victorians to get behind—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It being two o'clock, in accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.