Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): I thank Senator Bernardi for the supplementary question. When Labor was last in government they increased the migration program to record levels through, in particular, losing control of our borders—unfortunately—which saw an additional 50,000 people come to the country. But one of the issues with the Labor Party in government at that time was that they did not have adequate investment in infrastructure to support our growing cities. Whilst on one hand they had tens of thousands of additional foreign workers coming into the country, they were not making an adequate investment in infrastructure. You would also know that, unlike Labor, those of us on this side of the chamber are part of a government that is investing in Australia's infrastructure needs. As part of our Economic Action Strategy we have made a $50 billion investment in current and future infrastructure. (Time expired)