George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Sterle, as I said to you in answer to your primary question, I do not have the disaggregated, state-by-state figures before me. But what I can tell you is that across the economy there are 91½ thousand more jobs today, new jobs, than there were 12 months ago.

Senator Sterle, turning to Western Australia, let me tell you some of the specific measures that the government has taken in relation to Western Australia to encourage the creation of jobs. In the 2015-16 budget the government announced a $5 billion infrastructure fund to support the funding of key infrastructure projects. Parts of Western Australia that are the beneficiaries of funding under the infrastructure fund include the Forrestfield Airport Link, under which the government will provide an additional $490 million towards—