Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. After being questioned at the Australian Financial Review National Infrastructure Summit yesterday about the Suburban Rail Loop project, which didn't go through the Prime Minister's stated Infrastructure Australia process, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, who is quoted in the AFR today, said, 'I'm pretty confident that the project is right, and is right for investment.' On what basis of rigorous assessment, other than her own confidence, did the government approve $2.2 billion of funding in the budget for the Suburban Rail Loop project?