Shadow Minister for Urban Infrastructure Andrew Giles says state governments are "doing all the heavy lifting while the Morrison government has been asleep at the wheel". A major audit released by Infrastructure Australia on Tuesday warned the government needed to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in new infrastructure projects over the next 15 years in order to maintain current living standards.
The Labor MP told Sky News the report presented a "big challenge to the present government to lift its game and start listening to experts like Infrastructure Australia". "What this report shows is that too many Australians in our major cities, especially in the outer suburbs, are not getting a fair crack under this government," he said.
andrewjgiles Well who would of seen this coming, a LNP Government with their head in the sand doing nothing, they are just power hungry individuals who when in power take the big pay packets but do nothing what so ever, shame we have 3 more years of this, imagine then
This fake 'debate' is stupid and tiresome. Both major parties support turbocharged immigration-driven population growth. Unless we slow down and stop crushloading our cities, congestion and infrastructure deficits will only worsen. auspol Popul
As an ignorant foreigner aren't the roads a responsibility of State governments to fund and construct. Oh not in Victoria as that's were they fund not building roads before they ask for more to fill the gap
Morrison's LNP Govt are in a deep political bunker thrashing out a policy agenda for Australians. ✅ He's hoping to use a snippet of his political popularity to whack various vulnerable sections over the head with nasty ideological baseball Bats. ✅ 🦆 if you're not wealthy!
Hmmm... Asleep the wheel or perhaps not rushing headlong into hundreds of billions of dollars in investment a time when those hundreds of billions might be needed for National Security? The same question could be asked why did he commit to 300 million towards climate change
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