In Parliament this week, I celebrated the delivery of more than $1.1 billion of infrastructure funding for our region. The funding – $292 million for the Barwon Heads Rd duplication, $208 million for the Warrnambool line upgrade, $30 million for the Western Rail plan and the bringing into the forward estimates $605 million for Read more…
The 2020-21 Federal Budget is all about jobs. Whether it’s tax cuts for workers and small business, infrastructure spending, investment in manufacturing or support for young jobseekers, the Morrison Government stands with the Australian people to do whatever it takes to drive jobs growth and our economic recovery. Under the leadership of Prime Read more…
JMR WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER McCORMACK AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER TUDGE The Morrison-McCormack Government will continue supporting job-creating, economy-boosting infrastructure, as part of our Economic Recovery Plan for Australia, rebuilding our economy to secure regional Victoria’s future. The Government’s record $110 billion transport infrastructure program and $3.5 billion rolling water Read more…
JMR PRIME MINISTER MORRISON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER McCORMACK TREASURER FRYDENBERG AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER TUDGE The Victorian economy will be boosted, roads will be safer and thousands of jobs created, with a $1.1 billion investment into transport infrastructure from the Federal Coalition as part of our COVID-19 economic recovery plan. Read more…
I commend Geelong’s key local organisations along with the City of Greater Geelong for collaborating on its funding priorities for our region. I look forward to continuing to work with these organisations to support their aspirations. After leading the advocacy and securing critical Commonwealth funding for projects such as the Read more…
Joint release with Minister for Infrastructure Michael McCormack More frequent services and increased reliability on the Geelong Line are a step closer with construction works to upgrade Waurn Ponds Station set to begin later this month. Artist impressions released today give passengers and the community a glimpse of what the Read more…
Faster rail projects across our region will be a key driver of our economic recovery. Once again, I call on the Victorian Government to bring forward the delivery of the Geelong rail duplication project. In August 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote to Premier Daniel Andrews offering to fast-track infrastructure Read more…
