What action is the Government taking to invest in a better future and support jobs in the Illawarra?
Mr DAVID CAMPBELL: The member for Heathcote will be pleased to see in the budget funding for the new intersection at the bottom of Bulli Pass where the Princes Highway meets Lawrence Hargrave Drive. This year’s budget will build new roads, increase energy capacity, provide better health services, fund school upgrades, provide a new police station and deliver new transport infrastructure for our region. This investment will create jobs and stimulate our economy, and that is great news. Investment in our region includes $42 million for new road projects, including the safety upgrade of Picton Road, and $7.6 million towards the new Lake Illawarra police station—I know the member for Shellharbour welcomes that, as does the community she represents. There is $2.2 million towards the $11.4 million upgrade of Unanderra railway station; $7 million for a new tug berth for the outer harbour at Port Kembla, as well as $840,000 for a new pilot boat—the member for Wollongong, who is a strong suppor
