Tony Crook (O'Connor, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Page 18 of the budget overview uses words in relation to the Regional Infrastructure Fund such as 'reinvesting the proceeds of the resources boom in mining communities', 'delivering a fair return to resource communities' and, most importantly, 'the RIF will provide $6 billion over the eleven years to 2020-21 for investment in infrastructure in regional Australia'. How can you justify the $480 million this government will spend on upgrading highways, freeways and bridges around Perth Airport as a regional Australia project?

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