An Albanese Labor Government will commit $20 million to the construction of an indoor aquatic centre at the Drysdale Sports Precinct. This will be a year-round facility for the entire community, including a 50 indoor metre pool with movable floor and dry spaces perfect for community functions, classes and rehab. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and

Labor notes the announcement from the Australian Federal Police that the investigation it commenced in July 2020 into the purchase of the Leppington Triangle parcel of land has now concluded with no evidence of criminal conduct identified. Now that this police investigation has concluded, the Morrison-Joyce Government and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development

Today is World Maritime Day. More than most nations, Australia is dependent on our merchant marine and seafarers. Shipping accounts for 80 per cent of international trade but 99 per cent of our imports and exports of goods, including fuel. Our economic sovereignty and national security are dependent on having more Australian seafarers working on

An Albanese Labor Government will invest $4.8 million in upgrading Drynan Drive in Calliope and fixing one of the region’s most dangerous intersections. The Drynan Drive intersection is the single biggest local issue for the people of Calliope and it has been identified as a priority by both the Queensland Government and Labor’s candidate for

A response to a Freedom Of Information request reported this morning in Nine newspapers confirms suspicions and raises new concerns about the Morrison-Joyce Government’s scandal-plagued Commuter Car Park Fund. We already knew that projects in this $660 million fund were selected according to a list of “top 20 marginal seats”, but today we learnt that the process

Federal Labor joins with the chorus of state-based and national transport associations calling for the road freight transport industry to be nationally recognised as an essential service and for the Morrison-Joyce Government to work closely with transport unions and businesses to incentivise as many workers to be vaccinated as soon as possible. Eighteen months into

If you want to know about the Morrison-Joyce Government’s management of the Inland Rail project, you just have to read the title of the Senate report – “Inland Rail: derailed from the start”. This project has been derailed from the start by Coalition mismanagement. This report reaffirms the importance of this project, while highlighting the

Josh Frydenberg is up to his neck in the Morrison Government’s shameless $660 million ‘pork and ride’ cash splash, promising four new car parks in his own electorate but delivering none. The Treasurer himself allocated a tenth of this rorted scheme to his own electorate and he’s been sprung promising hundreds of new parking spaces for

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTPOP INTERVIEWCANBERRAWEDNESDAY, 4 AUGUST 2021  SUBJECTS: Car park rorts; 20 Most Marginal seats list; Minister Tudge and Prime Minister’s Office role in rorts scandal: Labor’s anti-rorting legislation; Strength in Multicultural Communities ANDREW GILES, SHADOW MINISTER FOR CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE: This morning we saw Alan Tudge run away from questions, well Minister Tudge can