Spending Spree
$45 billion over four years – that’s how much the Palaszczuk Government’s promising to splurge on infrastructure here in Queensland.
Big ticket items like Cross River Rail, The M1 and Bruce Highway upgrades, plus Hospital expansions are already being talked up, yet no word on the Sunshine Coast Rail Duplication.
But how much of it is “New Money”? And what plans to they have to pay down the state’s debt that’s north of $80 billion?
Ben speaks to Treasurer and Deputy Premier, Jackie Trad to give us an incite.
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