Media Releases
Tuesday, 12th May 2009
The Rudd Labor Government has released Infrastructure Australia’s National Infrastructure Priority List – and delivered a comprehensive response in the 2009-10 Budget.
After carefully considering the advice from Infrastructure Australia, the Government has decided to invest in the following ‘priority’ infrastructure projects:
Total Federal investment will be $618.0 million, bringing our overall commitment to the Pacific Highway to $3.1 billion.
Total Federal investment will be $291.2 million.
Total Federal investment will be $40.0 million.
In addition, we will contribute funds towards six projects in the ‘pipeline’ of projects identified by Infrastructure Australia:
In total, the Government is committing $8.5 billion to these nationally significant infrastructure projects.
Upon coming to office, we moved quickly to overhaul the way Australia plans, finances and builds vital economic infrastructure, introducing legislation establishing Infrastructure Australia within our first 100 days.
By establishing this new national body, and engaging with the business community, we have improved major infrastructure decisions and made sure the advice government receives reflects the national interest.
In just 12 months, Infrastructure Australia has:
And now they’ve assessed the merits of more than 1,000 possible infrastructure projects to produce the first National Priority List, a pipeline of projects to guide the long term investment decisions of both the public and private sectors.
But the work of Infrastructure Australia doesn’t end here.
As well as maintaining and regularly updating the Priority List, Sir Rod Eddington and his team will continue identifying the regulatory barriers to even greater infrastructure investment.
The current global recession will not stop the Rudd Labor Government investing in the infrastructure vital to Australia’s long term economic prosperity. In fact by doing so we are supporting jobs at a time when that support is needed most, as well as boosting productivity in the longer term.
From the Snowy River Scheme to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the transcontinental railway, Labor has a proven track record of delivering visionary but practical infrastructure.
Our second Budget builds upon this century long Labor tradition of nation building.
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