Mr TRUSS (Wide Bay—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) (14:32): I thank the honourable member for Berowra for the question, because he knows how important infrastructure is for our country to help ensure that we have a prosperous economy. We boost our productivity and create thousands of new jobs. For as long as I can remember, the honourable member for Berowra has been a champion, an aggressive agitator, for the project we now call NorthConnex. He has been pushing for this for decades, because he knows how important it is for the people of his electorate. NorthConnex is a real game-changing project that will reduce congestion. It will save motorists 15 minutes of travelling time, it bypasses 21 sets of traffic lights and will result in 5,000 less trucks on Pennant Hills Road. Ms Owens interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta is warned! Mr TRUSS: I was pleased today to be able to announce—with the honourable member for Berowra—an enhancement of that project. We will be working with the New South Wales government and the Hornsby local council so that up to two million cubic metres of excess soil from NorthConnex can be used to transform the old Hornsby Quarry site. The spoil will be used to improve the liveability of that region and, indeed, solve two problems: build the road that is important for the region, but also provide a new recreation area for the community. This is an important project. NorthConnex is one of a series of projects around Sydney which will transform the traffic flows of the city. Mr Albanese interjecting— Mr TRUSS: I notice the shadow minister intervening. He is suffering a great deal, these days, from relevance deprivation syndrome—wandering around the countryside, trying to take credit for projects that Labor only talked about but never ever built. Indeed, I note that he even sought to take credit for NorthConnex, saying that he had actually done the deal for NorthConnex. Mr Albanese interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler will desist! Mr TRUSS: What he said in June 2013 in his press release was that he was supporting a 'new 7.7 kilometre dual two-lane road tunnel beneath Pennant Hills Road'. What we are building, in practice, is a nine kilometre dual tunnel, three lanes wide in each direction. The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. The member for Grayndler on a point of order, and it had better be a proper one. Mr Albanese: This is a point of order, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER: What is it? Mr Albanese: I ask the member to table the document from which he is reading. The SPEAKER: He has not completed his answer. The member will resume his seat. Mr TRUSS: If it is not bad enough that Labor is seeking to take the credit for a project for which they did precious little, now they actually want to stop the project. The state Labor candidate for the region says he wants to stop the project. Now that would be completely unacceptable to the people of the region, who are expecting NorthConnex to be constructed. We have got the project underway. Labor just gets in the way, and wants these sorts of projects to be stopped. Mr Albanese interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler will desist or leave; the choice is his. I call the honourable member for Gilmore. Mrs Sudmalis: Thank you, Madam Speaker. An opposition member interjecting— Mrs Sudmalis: No; you were out of turn before! The SPEAKER: The member for Gilmore will resume her seat. The member for Isaacs will resume his seat. The fact of the matter is the member for Sydney was called after the member for Indi. Her question was ruled out of order. The question will now go—is the member for Sydney seeking the call? The member for Sydney can have the call.