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Australia’s Federal Infrastructure Budget for 2021 The Australian government has announced an additional $15.2 billion in new infrastructure funding in the 2021-22 Budget to help aid economic recovery from the CCP virus pandemic. The additional funding adds to the $110 billion 10-year building plan investment that already formed part of the National Economic Recovery Plan which the government says will support around 30,000 jobs across the country. Nation-building projects were the focus of the infrastructure spending, with a $1 billion boost for the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure...

Premium Content Subscriber only Andrew Wallace says money could have been made for projects like Sunshine Coast Stadium if the federal government did not have to continually “prop up” state government responsibilities. The MP’s comments came after the May Budget’s release on Tuesday, with $172m set aside for new infrastructure projects across the Fisher and Fairfax electorates. The bulk of the funds will go to the Mooloolah River Interchange with $160m allocated with $7m to the Caloundra Transport Corridor Upgrade. There was no money made available for upgrading Sunshine Coast Stadium...

Politics by Matthew Killoran, Hayden Johnson 13th May 2021 5:05 AM Premium Content   Just 1 per cent of the promised $1.6 billion in roads and rail funding for Queensland will start being spent before the next election, with state Treasurer Cameron Dick accusing the Morrison Government "holding Queenslanders to ransom". It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison softened his stance on going full term, while a $3.8 billion war chest has been squirrelled away in the budget for announcements in the next year. But Treasurer Jo...

$400 million additional funding for the Bruce Highway $178.1 million for line capacity improvement on the Gold Coast Rail Line from Kuraby to Beenleigh $126.6 million for stage three of the Gold Coast Light Rail $240 million for the Cairns Western Arterial Road duplication $400 million for upgrades to the inland freight route from Mungindi to Charters Towers $160 million for the Mooloolah River interchange upgrade $203.4 million for local road and community infrastructure projects, and $261 million for road safety projects Total - $2 billion BUDGET EXPLAINED:

Premium Content Subscriber only A MAJOR road project and air travel are the key outcomes of the Federal Government's 2021 budget for Sunshine Coast residents. Specific funding allocations for projects across regional Queensland were thin on the ground in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's billion-dollar spending spree today, with our region one of the few to score a mention in the voluminous treasury documents made available to journalists during the annual lock-up in Canberra. The Treasurer set aside $160m for the Mooloolah River Interchange Upgrade, saying the money was a new commitment under t...