Dorinda Cox (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Western Australians don't want talk; they want delivery, and that's exactly what the Albanese Labor government is doing. We're investing $7.6 billion in infrastructure across WA over the next decade, which means safer roads, stronger rail, faster freight and better public transport. That includes $5.6 billion for METRONET, the biggest investment in Perth's public transport in history, and there are billions more for the Kwinana Freeway, the Great Northern Highway and the Fremantle Traffic Bridge.

We are backing the regions, too, because the story of WA is not just written in the cities. In Albany, Labor is investing $5 million in the Southern Ocean Surf Reef, Australia's newest artificial surf reef. It is a first for the nation; it will bring jobs, tourism and pride to the Great Southern, and it's proof that regional infrastructure can be smart, sustainable and community driven. We've also lifted Roads to Recovery funding by 76 per cent so that local roads are safer, stronger and planned for the long term.

Right across our beautiful state, Carnarvon to Kwinana, we're funding local projects through our Stronger Communities and Thriving Suburbs programs, turning good ideas into real community spaces. This is what WA's fair share of GST delivers—not just photo-ops and promises but results on the ground. The former coalition government left behind a $33 billion black hole of uncosted promises and crumbling highways, and we are fixing that mess and doing it the right way

I joined the Labor Party to deliver the kind of Western Australia that we can all be proud of: connected, safe and full of opportunity. When we invest in Western Australia, we invest in the future of the whole nation.