Queensland is reportedly due to be allocated $1.6billion in infrastructure funding in Tuesday night s federal budget.
SA is reportedly getting $2.6billion for infrastructure, while NSW and Victoria are each in line to receive $3billion.
Mr Dick says that doesn t make sense, because Queensland s population of 5.1 million is more than double SA s population of 1.77 million.
Treasurer Dick and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured, left, with deputy premier Steven Miles) have published a wish list of projects for which they would like to receive federal funding These are specific decisions the federal government s made to fund specific projects in specific states, he told ABC Radio on Monday.
Queensland Treasurer to testify in former mayorâs misconduct case
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Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick is among the witnesses listed to give evidence in the misconduct case involving former Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland.
Mr Sutherland was charged with two counts of misconduct in relation to public office in December 2019. His case returned to the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, but he did not attend.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick speaking about the State Budget in December 2020.
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According to real estate records, Mr Sutherland and his wife, Gayle, spent $700,000 on a two-hectare block at Paradise Road in Burpengary, 35 kilometres north of Brisbane, in September 2010.
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Questions have been raised in Queensland Parliament about the recruitment of the Gladstone Ports Corporation CEO and the potential investigation of the process by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
Craig Walker has been acting CEO of Gladstone Ports Corporation for more than two years.
The GPC Board has been tasked with selecting a permanent CEO and referring their recommendation to the Queensland Government for approval, a process set down in legislation for government owned corporations. Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey was questioned about his involvement in the Gladstone Ports Corporation CEO recruitment process. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled