Labor has hit back at Premier David Crisafulli’s claim of yet another budget blowout, saying it could compromise negotiations with contractors.
Labor has hit back at Premier David Crisafulli’s claims of yet another budget blowout and accused him of putting half a billion dollars at risk by declaring the government’s hand in future negotiations.
But Deputy Opposition Leader Cameron Dick said the money was a funding envelope set aside in case of project cost overruns in a “high-cost, high-inflation environment”. Crisafulli used the issue to reassure Queenslanders “these projects will occur, and we will change the culture of the way that job sites work”.
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