Mr PALLAS (Treasurer) (12:25:53) — It gives me pleasure to update the house on the continued investment that the state of Victoria is making in infrastructure and of course the federal government’s refusal to contribute to that effort. It has become a pretty regular thing. We saw it again on the weekend, like groundhog day, the Prime Minister of Sydney spruiking yet another announcement for New South Wales, this time for western Sydney. If building a second airport for western Sydney was not enough, he now wants to build a rail line to it; just so we know, the airport does not exist yet. That is on top of the $3.6 billion commitment to the western Sydney infrastructure plan he has already announced. Roads, rail, airports — if you live in western Sydney, if you are from Sydney, the Prime Minister of Sydney will look after you. The reality is that Malcolm Turnbull is a one‑trick pony: forever looking after Sydney’s interests and short‑changing Victoria. While he gives his home state 45 per cent of national infrastructure funding, this state continues to receive less than 10 per cent.

Those opposite are complicit; let us make no mistake about it. They sit around and they continue to make not a whimper about this outrage. The last three years have shown exactly what they are — they are irrelevant. Just like those opposite, we will highlight each and every day that they wasted the precious gift of government. We have created 315 000 jobs in our time in government. The federal government might go around seeking to lay claim to that, but they have made no contribution to Victoria, its infrastructure or its growth while we cut taxes for business, while we build the infrastructure Victorians vitally need.