QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr GEE (Calare) (14:37): My question is to the Prime Minister. The Great Western Highway at Victoria Pass has now been closed for two months. Our businesses are desperate.

They're going broke because of the negligence of successive governments. It's a debacle, and the response by state and federal governments has not been good enough. You announced plans for a tunnel under Victoria Pass in 2010.

Will you now put some serious money down for a business support package and also high-speed road access to the Central West?