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

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Senator McCarthy. The Albanese Labor government has a plan to lower speed limits in regional Australia and is currently consulting on this. The consultation documents clearly state speed reduction reform options include sealed roads going down to 70 kilometres per hour and unsealed roads down to 70 kilometres per hour. On 31 October 2025, the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Minister McBain, was asked by the ABC Ballarat reporter:

Even if this got up with the 70km limit, this would not apply to highways and well used country roads that have a speed limit of 100 already, would it?

Minister McBain replied:

No, this is all around those unsealed … roads.

Minister, isn't it a fact the government's consultation includes lowering speed limits on all sealed roads, and why did Minister McBain mislead the people of regional Victoria?