WATCH: Nationals leader David Littleproud says cutting spending on the Great Western Highway is a ‘stitch up on regional, rural and remote Australia’.
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00:00 And in New South Wales, the Great Western Highway, the National Party made a $2 billion
00:06 investment that we wanted to ensure that those people in central west New South Wales had
00:11 a connection to Sydney, where they gravitate to and undertake business, but bring their
00:15 produce to the ports to get them around this world in giving us the export advantage that
00:20 we've had.
00:21 That's been ripped away.
00:22 And I can assure you that the Albanese government doesn't understand what's happened in regional
00:27 Australia and we are the ones that are bearing the brunt of these infrastructure cuts.
00:32 And while many people in capital cities will be wiping the sweat off their brow going,
00:37 "Well, our infrastructure project's still there," just think about your cost at the
00:42 grocery store next time you're there.
00:44 Because if we don't have the arterials that get our produce to your plate, then you're
00:49 going to pay more.
00:50 And unfortunately, this is a stitch up on regional, rural and remote Australia in what
00:55 has been a callous, a callous act by the Albanese government.
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