Mr CHRIS HARTCHER (Terrigal) [3.45 p.m.]: I move:

That the motion be amended by deleting all words after "That" and substituting the following words:

That this House:
1. Calls upon the Iemma Government to honour its promises and fund necessary infrastructure on the Central Coast and in the Hunter Valley, including roads, police stations, hospitals and schools.
2. Urges the Iemma Government to increase funding for job creation on the Central Coast and in the Hunter.

The member for Wyong in his very statistics laden address failed to look at the crucial promises that the Iemma Government made to the Central Coast and which this budget should have honoured, but fails to do so. Firstly, there is the one that the member for Wyong more than any other member in this House is well aware of. I refer to Kariong High School, about which the Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. John Della Bosca, gave a commitment prior to the last State election. It was repeated by the now Federal member for Robertson, Belinda Neal. In this budget, next to the allocation for Kariong High School there is a big zero. No money is allocated in the budget for Kariong High. I produce the paper. It refers to school education services, major works, Kariong High, to be constructed by 2010, and against it there is zero money for the school. Yes, that is a Iemma Government commitment!

Pretty Beach Public School, which the member promoted somewhat prematurely and mentioned in his opening remarks, was also the subject of a promise by this Government. The member for Wyong thought it was in the budget and whoever wrote his speech notes said it was. However, when one looks at the list for both new works and works in progress, there is no allocation for Pretty Beach school. I spoke to Central Coast radio on this very issue about half an hour ago and the children and staff of that school will be very disappointed that the Government has so far dishonoured this promise.

The next point relates to the member for Gosford, who is about to participate in this debate. The crucial promise given in the desperate attempt to shore up the member for Gosford against the outstanding campaign waged by the excellent councillor Chris Holstein was that the West Gosford road interchange where Manns Road, Brisbane Water Drive and the Pacific Highway meet would be upgraded at a cost of $20 million to $30 million. The Premier came up four days before polling day in an attempt to salvage the seat. How much money is allocated for works for West Gosford interchange? Zero. All that we are going to get under this budgetary allocation for the West Gosford interchange are some pretty pictures in engineers' drawings. There is not a penny for works. Terrigal Drive, which is a major traffic gridlock in my electorate and similarly was going to be upgraded by the Government, also receives zero for remedial works and road widening.

Under this budgetary allocation, all that we got for Terrigal Drive was an announcement that some money would be allocated for planning, more engineers' drawings, more pretty pictures and more press conferences at which the Minister held up beautifully coloured photographs of what the road will look like in 10, 15 or 20 years time. But, best of all is Kincumber fire station. Money has been allocated in the budget for Kincumber fire station, but there is no station.

Mr David Harris: We are going to build you one.

Mr CHRIS HARTCHER: The member for Wyong said that the Government would build a fire station. No money has been allocated to build a fire station at Kincumber, but money has been allocated for staff at that station. This Government really knows how to organise a budget and this Government really looks after the Central Coast. The member for Wyong reeled off lots of figures to reveal the total amount of money that will be going to his electorate, but the crucial promise for Wyong was always going to be when the bypass would be constructed to alleviate a massive traffic gridlock along Tuggerah straight, along the Pacific Highway and through Wyong central business district. No money has been allocated for planning for that bypass road. Every day that the member for Wyong sits in this Chamber, that traffic gridlock through Wyong will continue. The member for Wyong has not achieved the one thing that the people of Wyong want most—the resolution of that traffic gridlock. The member for Wyong referred earlier to north Warnervale railway station.

Mr David Harris: Design planning has started.

Mr CHRIS HARTCHER: The member for Wyong interjected and said that planning had started. Show me in the budget papers where that money is for planning. Show me the money!

Mr David Harris: Read Budget Paper No. 4.

The DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Order! The member for Wyong will cease interjecting. The member for Terrigal will continue his speech.

Mr CHRIS HARTCHER: The member for Wyong cannot show me the money. He spoke earlier about Wyong police station. According to the budget papers, Wyong police station was to be started in 2005 and built in 2010—five years within which to build a simple police station at a cost of $14 million. So far only $600,000 has been allocated and allegedly another $7 million will be allocated in the budget. That means that police officers on the Central Coast will have to wait at least two or three years for a police station that was supposed to commence in 2005. The member for Wyong, who was principal at Kariong Public School, used to go to meetings about Kariong High School. In those days he was a brilliant orator. He used to tell everybody, "I demanded a high school for my kids." However, not one penny has been allocated for Kariong High School.

The member for The Entrance rightly is disgusted that no money has been allocated for Kariong High School. If the member for The Entrance were still a Cabinet Minister that money would have been allocated. The Central Coast no longer has a clear and articulate voice in Cabinet; it has a Minister in another House who does not care about the Central Coast, Pretty Beach, Kariong High School or Gosford hospital. There are no obstetricians at Wyong hospital. It is a birthing unit without births. So much for the pledges of the member for Wyong! [Time expired.]