Politicians have typically done that, all it does is typically waste taxpayers' money. Certainly there is good spending that can be done in Australia's region. Some of its infrastructure is creaking and in desperate need of new investment. We decided to go the extra distance. I might say, in the face of criticism from some people who look at government decisions entirely in the narrow confines of pure economics, that we decided to go the extra distance because we think there's a nation-building component in this railway.
Railway is an absolute classic.
A lot of Australia's transport should be carried by rail. It's not at the moment because we have a very inefficient system because we haven't spent enough in times past. There's a good case there. But invest, don't waste money. A lot of people in country areas think there's also a good case to cut petrol excise, but so far on that the PM is holding firm.