Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, President. I would make the point to the senator, who seems to be implying in this question some issue with funding Tasmanian infrastructure, that there are quite a deal of infrastructure commitments that Tasmania is receiving under this government. Of course, Marinus Link, which has been something that Tasmania has been seeking for years, is being delivered through a partnership between the Albanese Labor government and the Liberal government in Tasmania—something that Senator Colbeck, in government, could never deliver. I would also make the point that the budget has included in it $540 million to upgrade the Tasman Highway, the Bass Highway and the east and west Tamar highways in addition to other investments.

In relation to the Suburban Rail Loop, we've been here for some days and we've had an attempt by those—

Honourable senators interjecting—