Labor faces state revolt over infrastructure funding changes
Federal Labor faces a backlash from the states over plans to reduce the share of major road and rail projects it intends to fund, with NSW, Western Australia and Queensland raising concerns that they are already out of pocket.
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King, as first reported by The Australian Financial Review, said the federal government would move to “a preference of 50/50” funding of major projects with states and away from picking up all or most of the cost.
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