Less than 24 hours after Minister for Agriculture bluntly stated that the Moira Shire is not eligible for the Drought Communities Program Extension, the Morrison Government has backflipped and announced a review. Yesterday at Estimates under questioning from Labor Senator Murray Watt, Departmental officials confirmed Moira Shire in northern Victoria was not eligible for drought

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, the Member for Blair asked the Prime Minister to confirm an underspend of more than $100 million on funding for beef freight roads across rural and regional Australia. True to form, Scott Morrison refused to give a straight answer when asked a straight question. It was

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister: Can the Prime Minister confirm evidence at Senate Estimates that his Government spent $190,000 on a plan to ‘develop empathy’ on the Inland Rail project. Why is the Prime Minister spending taxpayer money on funded empathy while drought-stricken farm families

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, the Member for Canberra, Alicia Payne, asked the Prime Minister: Since coming to office, the Government has spent a total $5 billion less on infrastructure than it promised including $123 million less than it promised on blackspots. Scott Morrison refused to give a straight answer when

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, the Member for Jagajaga, Kate Thwaites, asked the Prime Minister: Can the Prime Minister confirm that none of the eight Victorian projects listed under the Roads of Strategic Importance fund has even reached the planning stage? Both Scott Morrison and Michael McCormack refused to give a

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, the Member for Oxley Milton Dick asked the Prime Minister: Can the Prime Minister confirm that for every $100 of the Roads of Strategic Importance fund, only 50 cents will be spent in Queensland this year? Scott Morrison squibbed. Michael McCormack couldn’t give a straight answer

Today in Question Time in the House of Representatives, I asked the Prime Minister: Why did the Government spend nearly $17 million on taxpayer funded ‘congestion busting’ advertising in the lead up to this year’s election but did not spend a cent from the Urban Congestion Fund the whole of last financial year? Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison needs to urgently bring forward infrastructure spending to boost the sluggish economy, particularly in Regional Queensland. The IMF have today joined the call for the Morrison Government to provide fiscal stimulus and invest in infrastructure to support our economy and improve productivity. We know there are many projects across Regional Queensland that are

After talking a big game on fast tracking infrastructure, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been left red-faced failing to announce work on a single project will be brought forward. It appeared this morning that Josh Frydenberg had finally listened to the RBA Governor who has repeatedly called for the Government to bring forward infrastructure investment to

Scott Morrison’s inaction on infrastructure is again in the spotlight, with the Ai Group joining calls to fast track investment to stimulate the sluggish economy. The Ai Group’s call comes as new data shows Australia is suffering through 13 consecutive monthly falls in construction performance and 14 consecutive monthly falls in construction employment. “In view of