Mr GUNNER - 2011-05-05
Road repairs are under way across the Territory following this year’s record Wet Season. Can you please outline to the House how Budget 2011-12 …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr GUNNER: … will improve the Territory’s road network?
Mr Giles: Talk about the potholes.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I will pick up on the interjection, but a bit later.
I am talking about opportunities in Budget 2011-12 in the land of opportunities. That comes with a $1.5bn infrastructure budget, and I tell you what, it is being welcomed right across the Territory.
Budget 2011-12 provides $307m for roads. This represents our government’s commitment to developing and repairing that vital road transport infrastructure. There is 22 000 km of roads under this government’s care which, this year, has sustained considerable damage. I am pleased to advise the government has boosted its contribution to repairs and maintenance of our roads by $14m, a total of $74m in Budget 2011-12. When working with the Australian government, a total of $93m is invested into repair and maintenance this year.
I came to these sittings by four major highways in the Northern Territory. I am receiving very positive comments about the ads making the public aware, over the long Easter, Anzac Day and May Day holiday break …
Mr Giles: What about the pothole repairs? Are you getting any positive comments?
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr McCARTHY: … I am getting positive comments from roadhouse operators, from tourists, and locals, that the government has made people aware, because people from Darwin suburbs and from Alice Springs’ air-conditioned offices do not necessarily get out there that much to know what is going on …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr McCARTHY: I have had some positive comments about the education and awareness program that this government ran over some very intense holiday periods in Easter, Anzac Day and May.
Let us get down to some nitty-gritty, because there are some great stories to tell. The roads program is building on opportunities across the Territory in everyone’s electorate. This is the thing. This is what these guys do not seem to get. There is $56m for the Port Keats Road and the bridge over the Daly River; $2m for the Tanami; Umbakumba; overtaking lanes between Darwin and Katherine; bridges on the King River; Tiger Brennan Drive project, providing that incredible road transport infrastructure with safety and better travel times for families, and to deliver business to the port.
These are all major projects that are delivered by a Labor government, delivered in partnership with an Australian Labor government, that gives that extra bang for the buck. It is a story that Territorians are welcoming across the Territory. It goes a lot further than this Chamber. You guys should get out and tell the true story about this as a proper and accountable fiscal stimulus strategy that is growing the Territory, preserving jobs and building infrastructure for the future.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr GUNNER: … will improve the Territory’s road network?
Mr Giles: Talk about the potholes.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I will pick up on the interjection, but a bit later.
I am talking about opportunities in Budget 2011-12 in the land of opportunities. That comes with a $1.5bn infrastructure budget, and I tell you what, it is being welcomed right across the Territory.
Budget 2011-12 provides $307m for roads. This represents our government’s commitment to developing and repairing that vital road transport infrastructure. There is 22 000 km of roads under this government’s care which, this year, has sustained considerable damage. I am pleased to advise the government has boosted its contribution to repairs and maintenance of our roads by $14m, a total of $74m in Budget 2011-12. When working with the Australian government, a total of $93m is invested into repair and maintenance this year.
I came to these sittings by four major highways in the Northern Territory. I am receiving very positive comments about the ads making the public aware, over the long Easter, Anzac Day and May Day holiday break …
Mr Giles: What about the pothole repairs? Are you getting any positive comments?
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr McCARTHY: … I am getting positive comments from roadhouse operators, from tourists, and locals, that the government has made people aware, because people from Darwin suburbs and from Alice Springs’ air-conditioned offices do not necessarily get out there that much to know what is going on …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr McCARTHY: I have had some positive comments about the education and awareness program that this government ran over some very intense holiday periods in Easter, Anzac Day and May.
Let us get down to some nitty-gritty, because there are some great stories to tell. The roads program is building on opportunities across the Territory in everyone’s electorate. This is the thing. This is what these guys do not seem to get. There is $56m for the Port Keats Road and the bridge over the Daly River; $2m for the Tanami; Umbakumba; overtaking lanes between Darwin and Katherine; bridges on the King River; Tiger Brennan Drive project, providing that incredible road transport infrastructure with safety and better travel times for families, and to deliver business to the port.
These are all major projects that are delivered by a Labor government, delivered in partnership with an Australian Labor government, that gives that extra bang for the buck. It is a story that Territorians are welcoming across the Territory. It goes a lot further than this Chamber. You guys should get out and tell the true story about this as a proper and accountable fiscal stimulus strategy that is growing the Territory, preserving jobs and building infrastructure for the future.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016