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

Senator Canavan, thank you for the question because it gives me an opportunity to point out that the coalition government, while making promises about funding of infrastructure for the 2032 Olympic Games, did not commit or provide in the budget one single cent. The last time I looked at building construction costs, you don't really get a stadium for zero cents, you don't get a road for zero cents, you don't get a rail line for zero cents or for zero dollars—and that's exactly the amount that was committed by the former coalition government and that has, of course, been improved upon by the Albanese Labor government.

That's why the budget we handed down this year, the 2023-24 budget, actually delivers real funding, not just promises, on the Australian government's funding commitment towards the 2032 Games. Over the forward estimates $504 million has been firmly committed in the budget papers—not just promises—towards the Brisbane Arena project, and $512 million towards the 16 new and upgraded venues across South-East Queensland, which is a total of $1.076 billion. In total, the Albanese government—