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According to Catherine King, the minister of infrastructure, some of the projects promised by the previous Coalition administration will be impossible to complete.
As per The Guardian, she claims Barnaby Joyce, her predecessor, left behind a "substantial mess" after lavishing Nationals seats with taxpayer-funded "largesse."
Some people I know are calling this cheating because continuing the inland train and developing infrastructure for the 2026 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics were among King's goals in an interview with Guardian Australia, although she said that several projects ordered by the previous administration would be cancelled.
So can we say that we were warned? I am still on the fence about this.
“To be honest, I’m a bit shocked at what I’m finding, in terms of the way in which the previous government used this portfolio,” she said.
As per news portals, King said all of Labor’s election promises on infrastructure over $5m would be given a merits review by her department, with projects to be scrapped if they “don’t stack up”.
Furthermore, she committed to greater transparency around discretionary grant funding decisions, and clearer guidelines and more regular rounds of applications for grants as priorities in her role.
Let’s see what happens next!