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

I know you have got an axe to grind on certain urban public transport projects, but the Western Australian government, the Victorian government and the New South Wales government have made very substantial contributions and provisions in their budgets—all recently announced—for such programs. This is in line with what I said to you about freeing up the funding for the states to have some flexibility to fund programs of their choice.