Queensland second-last for infrastructure spending: Report
Politics by Thomas Morgan
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Subscriber only Queensland s hamstrung budget has resulted in the state ranking second-last for infrastructure spending, according to a new report released overnight. It comes after Queensland last week was also revealed to be the second worst state for unemployment, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics projecting our joblessness rate was sitting at 7.7 per cent. The 2020 Australian Infrastructure Budget Monitor ranked only Western Australia worse than the Sunshine State in terms of infrastructure spending as a proportion of total government spending due to a constrained balance sheet . A spokesman for Treasurer Cameron Dick said Queensland would be only one of two states whose economy has grown in 2020. Picture: Josh Woning