Infrastructure minister Catherine King says review will focus on previous Coalition government commitments
Former public servants and infrastructure experts Reece Waldock, Clare Gardiner-Barnes and Mike Mrdak will conduct the 90-day review, which will start shortly and report around August. Hundreds of the more than 735 projects in the infrastructure investment program will be up for scrutiny – but Labor election commitments will not be among them.
“Projects were left without adequate funding or resources, projects without real benefits to the public were approved, and the clogged pipeline has caused delays and overruns in important, nation-building projects,” the minister’s office said in a statement.accused the Coalition of using infrastructure programs as “pork barrel” funds
“The proper management of the $120bn infrastructure investment pipeline should lead to projects that are able to be built, that have a lasting benefit for Australia, and enhance our economic and social productivity and prosperity,” she said.
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