3SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND SESSIONAL ORDERS MOVED
Mr Gee moved—That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member from Calare moving the following motion—That this House:
(1)notes that:
(a)all the major parties have let the residents and communities of Central Western New South Wales down with broken promises, empty announcements and funding cuts with respect to the Bells Line of Road and Great Western Highway;
(b)the people of the Central West see expressways and tunnels being built all over Sydney, the north coast and south coast, yet are told to make do with a bridge built by a convict chain gang in 1832 as their main access road in and out of Sydney; and
(c)the indefinite closure of the Great Western Highway demonstrates that the people of the Central West are being short-changed and ripped off when it comes to the funding of a decent access road to Sydney; and
(2)calls on:
(a)the Australian and New South Wales governments to introduce a support package for businesses in the Central West being devastated by the indefinite closure of the Great Western Highway; and
(b)the Australian Government to commit significant and substantial funding in the upcoming budget for improved road access between the Central West and Sydney.