Matt O'Sullivan (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator McCarthy. Regional roads have been deteriorating under this government, which has cut the level of Commonwealth funding for regional roads from 80 per cent down to 50 per cent following the 2023 review of the infrastructure investment pipeline. Can the minister explain why the government is threatening to cut speed limits to 70 kilometres per hour on country roads instead of just getting on with the job of fixing the roads?