‘We deserve our fair share’: state Labor leaders clash with federal government over infrastructure plan
by Andrew Messenger and Elias Visontay from World news | The Guardian on (#6GBTQ)
Albanese government move to make states pay at least 50% of new infrastructure project bills receives pushback from premiers
State Labor leaders are at odds with the Albanese government over its plan to split the cost of building nationally significant infrastructure.
On Tuesday, the federal minister for infrastructure and transport, Catherine King, announced it would no longer be the default" for the federal government to pick up the bulk of the tab for new roads, rail and other major projects.
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