HANSARD - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 28/11/2022 AT 13:30
Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (13:30): We're, sadly, starting to learn more and more about the way the Albanese Labor government does business and particularly about their recent budget. We're learning that they do not have the guts to come clean on what they are doing to rural Victoria.
We have seen a $41.3 million cut from the budget for roads of strategic importance in southwest Victoria. Our road network has been smashed by the long winter and rains. It was poor to start with, but it has now deteriorated beyond belief.
DJ Albo, who flies everywhere, has now made a decision to cut $41.3 million out of the budget for our roads of strategic importance. Local communities are outraged by this decision. He should go down there, drive on those roads, and front those communities and say why he has cut this $41.3 million from the budget. It is one of the most deplorable decisions that I have seen in my time in this building. DJ Albo, you need to do a lot better than this.
