NSW, SA snag lion’s share of budget infrastructure spending
By Fergus Halliday
11 May 2021
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NSW, SA and Victoria have snagged the lion’s share of infrastructure spending in the latest federal budget.
As revealed in the 2021 budget, the government is committing an additional $15.2 billion to infrastructure projects over the next ten years. This will bump the total federal commitment to $110 billion, with the additional spending said to account for 30,000 new jobs over the decade.
At a federal level, both the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program and Road Safety Program are being extended for another year at the cost of $1 billion each.
A road to nowhere and no safe harbour for WA s port future
A road to nowhere and no safe harbour for WA s port future
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A solution to Western Australia s future port needs that alleviates the traffic woes facing residents on Leach Highway lies somewhere between the back of beyond and off in the never-never as successive governments spend millions of taxpayer dollars on partisan policies.
In the past 30 years, Labor and Liberal governments have been more effective at constructing an endless policy roundabout than they have been at developing a solution to the logistical and traffic issues plaguing Fremantle Port and Perth s southern suburbs.