Tepid turnout for Laborâs budget hitback
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Labor went off-campus and all the way to Bartonâs Realm Hotel as the opposition marked ALP leader
Anthony Albaneseâs budget reply speech on Thursday night.
The partyâs Federal Labor Business Forum fundraisers hosted the event, which was expected to draw a smattering of corporate heavyweights including PwC managing partner
Tom Seymour, KPMG chair
Helen Seidel and McKell Institute chair
Craig Emerson. Former Queensland premier
Anna Bligh was also expected at the event representing the Australian Banking Association alongside ABA director
Plenty of room at Laborâs budget reply bash
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Labor went off reservation and all the way to Bartonâs Realm Hotel as the opposition celebrated ALP leader
Anthony Albaneseâs budget reply speech on Thursday night.
The partyâs Federal Labor Business Forum fundraisers hosted the event, which included a smattering of corporate heavyweight RSVPs, including PwC managing partner
Tom Seymour, KPMG chair
Helen Seidel and McKell Institute chair
Craig Emerson.
Former Queensland premier
Sally Cray.
Credit:John Shakespeare
Laborâs roll call was a far shorter list than the Coalition managed to pull on budget night, but hey, the opposition is never as hot a ticket. Maybe next year, Albo.
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MEMBER for Blair Shayne Neumann has taken aim at the Morrison Government after major projects in Ipswich were overlooked in the 2021-22 federal budget.
Speaking with the
Queensland Times on Wednesday, Mr Neumann slammed the lack of funding allocated to city infrastructure as “disappointing,” saying it was a missed opportunity.
Key projects including much-needed upgrades to the Cunningham Hwy between Yamanto and Ebenezer Creek, a proposed Springfield-Ipswich rail line and upgrades to the North Ipswich Reserve received no mention in the $1.6 billion spend.
A total of $4 million will go toward the Warrego Highway-Mount Crosby Rd interchange project – making up 80 per cent of its projected $5 million price tag.
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Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says the federal government pays for state infrastructure “upon the completion of milestones” but if a state falls behind on construction the money is still allocated for the project.
“When a state or territory gets the allocation, gets the commitment by the Commonwealth, they do the contracting, they do the tendering, they run the project, and when a certain amount of cement is put down, when a depth of a hole is built, when a pier is put up, we pay on milestones,” he said.
Mr McCormack said the infrastructure spending was supporting thousands of jobs and the federal government is focused on developing regional Australia.