Why the states are snippy over King’s infrastructure cull
Catherine King is blaming the Coalition for an unsustainable mess in the infrastructure pipeline, but her state Labor colleagues are unimpressed, and productivity on projects continues to decline.
Ditching some of the Coalition government’s discredited commuter car parks – several of them undeliverable anyway – is the easy part of Catherine King’s review of infrastructure projects.
State governments never appreciate losing federal money. That’s even for spending that doesn’t have a reasonable business case, for projects yet to begin construction or for minor local government programs that stretch any concept of national significance beyond recognition.
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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com
