Michael McCormack announces extra $500m for water projects
by Paul Karp from on (#437P7)
Labor says plan is a 'thought bubble' and attacks Coalition's record on building dams
Michael McCormack has announced an extra $500m for water infrastructure projects, including dams, a near doubling of capital spending in the Coalition's water infrastructure fund.
The acting prime minister and Nationals leader gave few details on Monday about which projects would benefit except that the funding would be used "to identify and co-fund the construction of new water infrastructure projects across regional Australia" with state and territory governments.
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