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❓ Dr. Nahan questions the Treasurer about a capital land transport infrastructure grants provision in the 2018-19 budget, specifically its inclusion and subsequent removal. The Treasurer clarifies the provision's purpose and the reasons for its removal due to progress in negotiations for a new National Partnership Agreement.

AnsweredQoN 4746Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 February 2019

Member

Dr M.D. Nahan

Portfolio

Treasurer

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I refer to page 4 of the 2018-19 Mid Year Review and I ask: (a) What does the capital land transport infrastructure grants provision relate to and was the funding Commonwealth funding; (b) Why was a provision included in the Budget previously; and (c) Why has the provision now been removed?

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Answered

12 March 2019

Response time

5 days

(a) As outlined on pages 161-162 of the 2018-19 Budget Paper Number 3: Economic and Fiscal Outlook, the provision relates to the population of the new outyear with anticipated Commonwealth and State expenditure under a proposed new National Partnership Agreement on Land Transport Infrastructure. The existing agreement is due to expire on 30 June 2019 and negotiations on a revised agreement had not progressed at Budget-time. (b) To ensure the new Budget outyear of 2021-22 reflected an appropriate level of Commonwealth grants and capital works expenditure in the absence of a finalised Agreement. (c) As outlined on pages 132-133 of the 2018-19 Mid-year Review, the decision to remove the provision reflected progress with the negotiations for a new Agreement. The Mid-year Review also outlines a number of timing and funding changes to the Asset Investment Program that supported the removal of the provision to ensure a realistic program in the 2021-22 outyear.

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