Thursday, 16 November 2023

Northern Victoria Region

Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (12:45): (570) My question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Noting the 90-day federal review of national infrastructure projects, the $33 billion cost blowout on more than 700 projects and the impending project cuts, it is fair of my constituents to surmise, as they have, that seeing as Victoria and New South Wales both have low growth rates and the highest amounts of debt, we are likely to endure the biggest cuts. Since the federal minister already announced that the $2.2 billion commitment to Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop is an important part of transforming Melbourne, can we expect that our desperately needed regional Victorian infrastructure projects are the ones that are likely to face the axe?