![]() READ ALSO Feds put extra $25 million into Molonglo River Bridge as ACT weathers infrastructure cuts Northern Territory Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics Joel Bowden said: “The Territory Government will work with the Australian Government to maintain the current split to ensure we continue building a sustainable, productive and liveable territory.” The Northern Territory Government was more positive, saying it welcomed the review which would see an additional $200 million allocated towards upgrading and sealing 150 km of the Tanami Road in the territory’s west by 2025. “Although Queensland has only the third largest population of any state, our vast state has the largest regional road network in the nation, so the proposed change from 80/20 funding to 50/50 has the largest impact on regional Queenslanders than regions in any other jurisdiction,” he said. In a more considered response, Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads Mark Bailey said the decision to reduce Commonwealth funding on joint projects would cost the state between $600 million and $1 billion a year. Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said on the day of the review’s release that he “has not and will not cooperate to support Catherine King’s cut”. It recommended a raft of cuts to projects not yet started, or the rescoping of other projects into ‘corridors’ to reduce risk to the budget and pressures on inflation.īut, few states held back in expressing their disappointment at the cuts. Photo: Facebook.ĭespite all the recommendations of the 140-page review into the $120 billion Infrastructure Investment Program being accepted by the Federal Government, most states have been critical of the planned cancellation of 82 projects yet to start work.Ĭommissioned in May by Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King, the final report of the Independent Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Land Transport Infrastructure Projects described the previous government’s plan as undeliverable. State MP Nadia Clancy, Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King, Federal Member for Boothby Louise Miller-Frost, and SA Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tom Koutsantonis study plans for Adelaide’s North-South Corridor.
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