Minister admits likely shortfall in funding for Labor’s regional decarbonising program
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6JX4D)
Exclusive: Infrastructure department describes $400m budget for precinct grants program as modest', while Catherine King says it will require additional funding in the future'
The regional development minister, Catherine King, has conceded that one of Labor's key regional funds to decarbonise the economy will need to be topped up after her department labelled a $400m investment modest", documents reveal.
Documents obtained under freedom of information suggest the Albanese government plans to expand the regional precincts and partnerships program (RPPP), announced in October 2022 to replace more generous Coalition schemes that Labor claimed amounted to pork-barrelling.
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