Mike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak about the Liberal and National parties' consistent and blatant refusal to support my community in spite of a massive population increase forced upon us by them. They consistently engage in rorts and pork-barrelling. They deal with spivs, urgers and chancers, yet they give nothing to my community. Between the economic policies of this national government and the Liberal government in Macquarie Street in Sydney, they're driving a wedge in our communities. They give $70 million to a north shore council to build a bloody park, but they give nothing—

Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I caution the member about unparliamentary language.

Mike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I withdraw the word. They give nothing to my community. They're forcing us to pay up to $30 a day in road tolls on an already existing road just so people can get to work. They give nothing to my community. They're building the Western Sydney airport to the north of my community but not providing any public transport infrastructure. It is an absolute disgrace, and this government and the government in Macquarie Street are responsible. They've given millions of dollars to billionaires' companies, but they give nothing for the struggling families in Macarthur. It is an absolute disgrace, and those opposite should be ashamed. They're giving developers huge amounts of money but nothing to— (Time expired)