Mr TUDGE (Aston—Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure) (14:53): I thank the member for Lindsay for her question and for her absolutely outstanding advocacy for the people of Western Sydney. Because of our strong financial and budgetary position, the Morrison government is able to provide a record $100 billion pipeline of infrastructure projects over the course of the next decade. That provides stability and certainty for commuters, who know that roads will be built now and in the future. That includes key projects in the member for Lindsay's electorate, such as the Mulgoa Road upgrade or the Northern Road upgrade, and, as she asked, includes vital congesting-busting infrastructure, such as the WestConnex project. As the member would know, it was only just a couple of months ago— Mr Rob Mitchell: Are the refugees still blocking the highway? The SPEAKER: The member for McEwen is now warned. Mr TUDGE: that we opened a critical section of the WestConnex project, the M4 tunnel. At the time, we said that this would provide savings for commuters of 20 minutes each way. Well, I can inform you, Mr Speaker, that we have well and truly exceeded those expectations. Yes, it is a 20-minute saving if you're going from Parramatta into the city each day in the morning peak hour traffic, but, in the evening peak hour traffic, it is an incredible 45-minute saving that people are getting. What that means is: over the course of a week, if you are doing this travel from the city to Parramatta and back every single day, you will save an incredible 5½ hours—time that you're getting back to spend with your family, to play sport or to participate in any of the other things that you want to do rather than being stuck in traffic. I am asked about alternatives. Obviously, when the Labor Party were last in government, they spent only half the amount on infrastructure that we are spending now. That's because their budgetary position was so weak. But, interestingly enough, they had ideological objections to key roads, such as the WestConnex project—this project which is busting congestion as I've just outlined. Do you know what the Leader of the Opposition said when he was the shadow spokesperson in relation to the WestConnex project? He said that, despite the savings that this would provide in terms of commute times, he would not put a cent into that project. And why? Because—this is unbelievable—he said, 'It's a road to nowhere.' That's what he said about the WestConnex project! This is a project which we've just opened, a road from the CBD to Parramatta in Western Sydney, and the Leader of the Opposition said that was a road to nowhere! Well, we don't think Western Sydney is nowhere! And we will continue to invest in roads supporting Western Sydney and in Western Sydney to bust congestion while keeping the economy strong. (Time expired)