Mr TRUSS (Wide Bay—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) (14:09): I thank the honourable member for her question. Her passionate support for the construction of infrastructure in Western Australia has certainly been influential in delivering the biggest infrastructure program that our country has ever seen. Our $50 billion towards major infrastructure projects around the country is at least $18 billion more than Labor committed at the last election, so there are many, many projects that this government is building that the other side has made no commitment to. That is why it is so important for the people of Western Australia to make sure that they vote for the coalition on Saturday in a crucial by-election, because that will be the vote of confidence that is necessary to ensure that this infrastructure program is maintained. Big projects like Northlink WA. Mr Albanese: Yes, that was ours. Mr TRUSS: Projects like the Gateway WA project— Mr Albanese: Ours. Mr TRUSS: the Great Eastern Highway upgrade, the Roe Highway and the Kwinana Freeway. Mr Albanese: I opened that! The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler! Mr TRUSS: Our $804 million expenditure for transport in Western Australia in 2015-16, and a $5.4 billion commitment between 2013-14 to 2018 compares with just $493 million spent by Labor in their last year. There is a big difference already evident in Western Australia, and we have got many more exciting projects in mind, such as the Perth Freight Link— Mr Albanese interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler will cease interjecting. Mr TRUSS: This will in fact employ about 2½ thousand people in construction and deliver economic benefits for the state, estimated at $3.9 billion. It is estimated to save $2½ billion in travel time by reducing the length of time taken to move freight to port, bypassing 14 sets of traffic lights, so it is an exciting project. And for those interested in protecting and preserving the environment, this project is expected to save 449,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2031. This is a project that is clearly good for Western Australia. It will deliver environmental benefits. It will deliver benefits to the state's freight industry. It is a project that the federal member for Perth, who I note is absent today, described as a 'scandalous squandering of taxpayer funds'. She thinks it is a squandering of taxpayers' funds; we think it is a vital piece of Western Australian infrastructure that will make it possible to move freight more efficiently around the state, and particularly around the capital city.