Road maintenance
Tim BULL (Gippsland East) (10:22): Our roads are still a mess, and there was no good news in this state budget. Only 1.6 per cent of our roads will be fixed. That is not enough on a rolling basis to get on top of the problem that this government has created. They will never catch up in fixing our road network, which is falling to bits, without a higher level of investment. Highways like the Monaro Highway – there was work done up there on the Monaro Highway. The government carted all this machinery up there. The contractors fixed a kilometre when 25 kilometres need fixing. Why wouldn’t you do the work when you are there? Clearly it is a lack of funds that is causing that. Ten million dollars was given for the Mallacoota road four years ago from the federal government, and there is still no action there. Get on with the job.