The devil is in the detail of the Morrison government's offer of additional funding to duplicate North Richmond Bridge. In 2010, I stood on that bridge with opposition leader Anthony Albanese, and we committed the first money to investigate options. I'm glad I kickstarted the process and kept it going all these years. But the route that has been announced leaves many people disappointed and shocked. You will never please everyone, but community consultation on this has been an absolute joke, and it stopped last July.

Who were the winners? Not the people on Southee Road or Inalls Lane, not homes on the Richmond Lowlands, not the community around Norfolk Place i