Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—At the request of Senator Carr, I move:

That, noting the 2014-15 budget allocation of $3 billion to fund the East West Link in Melbourne and the absence of a full, public business case or any recommendation from Infrastructure Australia:

(a) there be laid on the table in accordance with standing order 164 by the Minister representing the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development (Senator Johnston), the following papers held by Infrastructure Australia:

(i) any business case presented for Stage 1or 2 for the East West Link project,

(ii) any correspondence or submissions from the Victorian Government seeking Australian Government funding for this project, and

(iii) any assessment by Infrastructure Australia of the priority of this project compared to other projects; and

(b) these documents are to be tabled prior to consideration of the 2014-15 budget bills, and no later than 7 July 2014.

Question agreed to.