The Morrison Government’s so-called drought stimulus package is already cracking under National Party incompetence with Infrastructure Minister McCormack suggesting it’s fine for workers from outside drought-affected areas to be contracted to do the work, and Drought Minister Littleproud admitting his office is frantically calling councils to check eligibility. It appears from the announcement that eligibility

Regional Queensland’s LNP MPs must come clean on which local organisations got ripped off, through the LNP’s latest regional rorts scandal. This week, the Morrison Government was caught out trying to hide a scathing Audit into the administration of the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages less than an hour before the Melbourne Cup Race. The

On the day the Morrison Government will finally announce its so-called drought stimulus package, its signature Drought Communities Program has been thrown into chaos with reports another council is considering opting out. The Australian reports today that the Yorke Peninsula Council in South Australia is considering whether to forgo the money so it can be

E&OE TRANSCRIPT TELEVISION INTERVIEW SKY NEWS AM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Audit into Government’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages, Drought Stimulus Package, Labor Review. ANNELISE NEILSEN: Joining us live from Melbourne now is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Catherine King. Catherine, thank you for your time. If we could start

E&OE TRANSCRIPT DOORSTOP  MELBOURNE WEDNESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Audit into Government’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Thanks everybody for coming out. Well, while everybody was preparing to watch the Melbourne Cup yesterday, the Morrison Government decided to sneak out an adverse report from the

The Morrison Government has tried to bury a scathing Audit into the administration of the Regional Jobs and Investment Packages by tabling the report less than an hour before the running of the Melbourne Cup. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development Michael McCormack must provide a full explanation of the Ministerial Panel’s

Three months since Scott Morrison wrote to the States and Territories flagging he was finally open to fast tracking infrastructure investment, not a single project has been announced. The Reserve Bank Governor has called for greater investment in infrastructure at least seven times since the election, particularly in regional Australia. Today, the RBA Governor is

Scott Morrison should listen to Labor and to industry and get behind genuine High-Speed Rail by investing to preserve the route corridor. High-Speed Rail is a game changer for real decentralisation, with benefits flowing to both the city and the country. The Australian Financial Review today reports major property and transport sector CEOs are calling

The Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement of a “policy statement” for regional aviation appears to just be another stalling tactic after six years of inaction. Minister McCormack has been sitting on two reports since June – a Senate Committee inquiry into regional aviation and the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into airport regulation. Instead of working on formal

Alan Tudge is using his Urban Congestion Fund to pork barrel Liberal seats rather than strategically address Perth’s congestion problems. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King said that new information released at Senate Estimates reveals all of the electorate-specific projects in Greater Perth are in Liberal-held seats. This is pork barrelling