This is a transcript of PM broadcast at 1800 AEST on local radio. That's the way the Federal Government describes claims that it's pork barrelling in Western Australia to help the Coalition's chance of re-election. It's not the merits of the application that have provoked scepticism but the timing.
Voters go to the polls in just over a week.
For Liberal Premier Richard Court, the country vote is crucial if his government is to win a third term. Rebecca Carmody reports. From flooding, droughts, frost and locusts, farmers in WA's wheat belt region have suffered it all over the past three seasons. Initially they suffered in silence. However, over the past few months their pleas for help have become more vocal.