Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasurer's much-heralded surplus that he crowed about so much came off the back of rural and regional Australia. And what is even more distressing is that this government seems to think that a one-size-fits-all city-centric model is going to serve the best interests of this country. It completely ignores the fact that investing in productive infrastructure is what delivers surpluses. In my home state of South Australia, just as an example, $1.3 billion worth of infrastructure projects have either been cut or delayed. The north-south corridor, the Hahndorf township and the Truro bypass are just three of the major projects that were promised to South Australia that now seem to be on the backburner. (Time expired)