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.
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A MAN has been badly injured after a car collided with a tree in Hatton Vale.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the Warrego Highway and Summerholm Rd intersection about 2.35am, Monday.
Paramedics, including the High Acuity Response Unit, rushed to the scene along with three fire and rescue crews and police.
A male patient was assessed for chest pains and was transported to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition. hatton vale crash
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Subscriber only TRAFFIC is congested and police are diverting motorists after a truck smashed into a guard rail on a busy Ipswich highway. Fireys, police and ambulance crews were sent to the Waterworks Rd and Warrego Highway intersection, North Ipswich, about 11.54am. It was reported a truck travelling westbound crashed into a guard rail on the highway on-ramp. It is understood fireys are working to control a major fluid leak involving diesel and oil. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed nobody had been hurt or required medical assessment but paramedics remained on scene. north ipswich
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IPSWICHâS elected representatives all came to the same table this week to discuss the growing cityâs needs and priorities in a âuniqueâ initiative designed to build better bonds between all levels of government.
The forum was spearheaded by division 1 Councillor Jacob Madsen, who moved a motion at a January council meeting for councillors and the regionâs state and federal politicians to meet once every three months.
âThe year 2020 was a disruptive year in many ways, and as a means to improve discourse between the three levels of government in Ipswich it is necessary to facilitate greater working relationships to ensure collaborative problem solving and effective advocacy for Ipswich,â he said in January.
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TREASURER Josh Frydenberg will hand down the federal budget next week and we will learn how much money will flow for infrastructure, upgrades and other programs in Ipswich.
Ahead of the budget, the QT asked all of the cityâs elected representatives what they believed to be the priority projects in their patches.
As the fastest growing city in Queensland, Ipswich desperately needs the infrastructure to keep up the expected population growth with the total number of residents set to more than double to 558,000 in the next 20 years.
Hereâs what they said:
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BLAIR SHAYNE NEUMANN (LABOR)