Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister, and I refer to his answers yesterday. Has the Deputy Prime Minister had any discussions with disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire regarding any land acquisitions or road projects?

Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Road projects? Yes, I have had discussions with the former member for Wagga Wagga, certainly in the electorate of Wagga Wagga, which he represents and which I, of course, represent as part of the Riverina electorate. You would expect a state member and a federal member to have those discussions, and I'm proud to say that the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics Hub is benefiting from having a coalition government in New South Wales and a coalition government federally to build the enabling roads, to build the infrastructure, that will support the inland rail when it goes through that project north of Wagga Wagga. So, yes, I have had discussions with the former member for Wagga Wagga in that regard. As far as other land acquisitions: no.