Victorian government calls for ‘fair’ commonwealth funding for transport projects
by Benita Kolovos from World news | The Guardian on (#5XASD)
Grattan Institute report finds consistent pattern' of transport funding going to political battleground states
Victorian transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan has called on the federal government to provide the state with its fair share" of funding after a report found the state was being shortchanged compared with New South Wales and Queensland.
The Grattan Institute report, released on Sunday night, found there was a consistent pattern" of successive federal governments spending more money on transport in New South Wales and Queensland - where elections tend to be won and lost - than in Victoria.
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