Deputy Prime Minister M_McCormackMP says the budget pays for promised infrastructure “on delivery” after certain milestones have been completed.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says the budget pays for promised infrastructure “on delivery” after certain milestones have been completed.
“The budget makes for infrastructure rollout $110 billion right across the economy, 30,000 additional jobs last night but as I explained to the member for Ballarat yesterday what we do is we pay on delivery,” he said. Mr McCormack said the government waited until the job was completed before paying for the project and several commitments had been made in the budget. “We’re getting on with the job of building the infrastructure that Australia needs.
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