State governments are refusing to accept the Albanese government’s decision to defund 50 transport projects and delay others, as it attempts to fund cost blowouts and curb the inflationary impact of a $120bn infrastructure pipeline.
On Thursday, the infrastructure and transport minister, Catherine King, outlined the government’s response to the 90-day infrastructure review it had ordered in May. The review recommended 82 projects be scrapped, with the government to cut funding for 50 of them and another 31 to get rolled into transport corridors where it will be up to state governments to decide what to prioritise.
