SENATOR THE HON BRIDGET MCKENZIE SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADER OF THE NATIONALS IN THE SENATE 1 August 2023 Media Release Labor’s 90 Delay Infrastructure Review Hits Pothole “It’s a 90-day review – short, sharp – and we thank the states and territories for working with us on it.” – Minister Catherine…
2 December 2022 BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA Today’s announcement by the Albanese Labor Government to scale down the role, scope and ambition of Infrastructure Australia is an anti-climax after Labor election promises for greater independence for the federal infrastructure advisory body. The Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget…
02/11/2022 Impasse over Shepparton bypass must be resolved Labor’s state and Federal Governments must step up on behalf of the people and businesses of the Goulburn Valley by committing to and then fast-tracking the much-needed Shepparton bypass. “The Shepparton bypass is a vital infrastructure project that will benefit the amenity of the community but…
LIFT THE CURTAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE CUTS The Albanese Government needs to come clean on what infrastructure cuts it has made in its first Budget. “Infrastructure and the regions took the biggest hit out of any portfolio in Labor’s first Budget, yet the new government refuses to say which projects have been delayed and for how…
4 October 2022 LABOR MUST SUPPORT NATION BUILDING PROJECTS Billions of dollars in priority road and rail funding are in doubt as Labor’s October Budget looms. The Coalition’s 10-year infrastructure investment pipeline of $120 billion in this year’s budget included an additional $17.9 billion to priority road and rail projects. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure…
MEDIA RELEASE 22 May 2023 INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW NO LONGER ‘INDEPENDENT’ The ability of the Independent Review into the Commonwealth Infrastructure Investment Program to conduct its deliberations independently has been fundamentally undermined by revelations in Senate Estimates today that Labor MPs have excluded their own local projects. “Labor premiers and Labor MPs, including the Minister…
Monday 1 May 2023 MEDIA RELEASE CHOKED AND CONGESTED INFRASTRUCTURE FUTURE UNDER LABOR Labor has established a razor gang to inflict major cuts to road and rail infrastructure projects in the Albanese Government’s Federal budget. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget McKenzie said Labor’s lack of infrastructure ambition represents a…
10 May 2023 MEDIA RELEASE Labor put the brakes on the infrastructure build The Albanese Government is inflicting further cuts to infrastructure despite planning to squeeze 1.5 million more migrants into our cities, suburbs, and regional capitals. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Senator Bridget McKenzie said the budget comprehensively fails to…
MEDIA RELEASE 11 May 2023 LABOR CONFUSION REIGNS ON AIRPORT RAIL LINK The Albanese Government’s Budget is unravelling with the Minister for Infrastructure Catherine King and the Prime Minister contradicting each other over the future of the $10 billion Melbourne Airport Rail Link. “This is chaotic government and no way to provide confidence to…