Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The centrepiece of the budget is the $22 billion we are investing in the infrastructure of our nation, which it needs to grow and prosper in the years ahead as we emerge from the global recession. The government will invest $8.5 billion in Australia’s critical road, rail and port infrastructure needs, neglected for 11½ long years by those opposite. A key investment is an additional $3.4 billion in Network 1, the road freight corridor between Melbourne and Cairns, which includes the Hume, Pacific and Bruce highways. The government is also investing over $3 billion in other road infrastructure projects in regional New South Wales and Queensland. (Time expired)