Senate debates

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:49 pm

Photo of David JohnstonDavid Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

As I was explaining yesterday, the Roads to Recovery program is what is going to adjust this situation. We have advanced much money in this budget, in stark contrast to what went on under the previous Labor government. In re-introducing the fuel indexation for fuel, we are enhancing regional infrastructure and delivering new road infrastructure projects. We are reducing indexation to assist in funding by raising approximately $2.2 billion. This money is going into regional infrastructure. Regional infrastructure is something that the previous government— (Time expired)

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