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Fraser Barton and Savannah Meacham

Ballooning capital works blamed for budget blowout

The government says major infrastructure blowouts such as Cross River Rail are hurting the budget. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Infrastructure spending will keep Queensland in the red over the next four years but the opposition has accused the state government of "cooking the books" over forecast blowouts. 

Treasurer David Janetzki handed down his first mid-year financial update on Thursday, revealing a contrary outlook to the former Labor government's final budget.

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