The so-called "pointless theatrics" of Kiama's Gareth Ward got a bad review from Shellharbour's Anna Watson in Parliament this week.
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The two opposing MPs sparred in the state's lower house on Thursday over the Albion Park Rail bypass in a debate that spread across six pages of Hansard.
It started off when Mr Ward moved a notice of motion that both congratulated his own government for committing to build the Albion Park Rail bypass and pointed out that the Labor Party hadn't done the same.
Then Mr Ward appeared to conflate his motion and the Albion Park Rail bypass itself.
"If the member for Shellharbour sits in this house and votes against this motion, she will be voting against the Albion Park Rail bypass," Mr Ward said.
"How will she explain to her community that she is voting against a project that she talks about but is not prepared to fund?"
Ms Watson responded by dismissing Mr Ward's motion as "self-congratulatory" and his "show and dance" in Parliament as "pointless theatrics".
"The construction of the Albion Park Rail bypass has bipartisan support," Ms Watson said.
"I have campaigned on it, as has the member for Kiama. There is no question that we need the road infrastructure built, but we disagree on the means by which it is funded."
The $550 million project will be funded with $200 million from the budget and $350 million from the proposed partial leasing of electricity poles and wires.
Ms Watson then called for a timetable for construction of the bypass rather than "debating silly notices of motion such as this one".
Heathcote MP Lee Evans then joined in, supporting Mr Ward.
"What timetable do you need? It takes several years to build anything, so it will be built in the next couple of years."
Then, after a reference to the bypass being a "missing link", Mr Evans then suggested that the Labor opposition were "the missing links".
Mr Ward also attacked opposition Illawarra spokesman Ryan Park for being absent for his motion and Wollongong MP Noreen Hay for arriving in the chamber more than 20 minutes into the debate.
"It is wonderful to see the member for Wollongong finally enter the chamber for a debate that is important to the Illawarra," Mr Ward said.
"The very hard-working member for Wollongong, who is up at the crack of noon every day working hard for the people of her electorate."
The theatrics from both sides continued outside Parliament in a press release war between Mr Ward and Ms Watson.