Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasised that this investment will cut travel times by 35 minutes, remove 15,000 trucks from local roads, and create thousands of jobs.
Green MP Tabitha Badger further pressed Winter to clarify whether Labor would seek a minority arrangement with the Greens rather than trigger an election.
Ley described the new-look shadow ministry as one that “balances experience with new talent” and positions the Coalition as a team of “strivers and optimists”.
In Tasmania, Labor won two of the six senators, the Liberals two, the Greens one and Jacqui Lambie was re-elected, with no change in standings from 2019.
Albanese has lately spoken of “reconnecting” with his Catholic heritage. He called the election of the US-born pontiff “momentous” for believers and non-believers alike.
The 18-month investigation, known as Project Bay, uncovered an alleged cross-border trafficking operation that used commercial trucking routes to move massive quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and opium between the United States and Canada.
