Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My supplementary question to Senator Wong is: when the New South Wales government said it wanted support to raise the height of the Warragamba Dam to protect communities from floods, a project that is recognised as state-significant infrastructure, Mr Albanese said he would talk to New South Wales after their state election next March. Why do the people of New South Wales have to wait for flood mitigation support until after the state election in five months when the Victorian Labor Party can get $2.2 billion just one month before a state election?