Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I don't know why it is that at the mere mention of the words 'rorts' and 'waste' we hear a lot of noise coming from the National Party. There's this Pavlovian response from the National Party every time we hear about rorts and waste. Senator Green, thank you very much for your question, because it gives me an opportunity to highlight how the Albanese government is delivering for infrastructure in Queensland. Of course, yesterday the Albanese government announced our response to the independent review of the Infrastructure Investment Program. That review was a shameful indictment on the Liberals and Nationals that found $33 billion in cost blowouts, which would have stopped any new infrastructure projects until 2033, not to mention driving inflation up. Our response to the review will reform the federal government's investment to deliver an infrastructure program that is funded and can actually be delivered, including in Queensland.

And there is plenty of good news for Queensland in yesterday's announcement—all up, over $2 billion in extra funding for Queensland infrastructure, including—