Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 5:34:20 to 5:42:16
The department provides details on unallocated funding within various highway corridor packages across Australia, including the Bruce Highway and Northern Territory roads.
Topics: Infrastructure, Government spending
Speakers: Hon Bridget McKenzie, Lachlan Wood, Bill Brummitt, Unknown Speaker, Jessica Hall, Interjection, Senator Maria Kovacic, Senator Matt O'Sullivan
>> Thank you so much. >> Um I want to go to corridor funding arrangements. Just to clarify, does Australian government funding allocated to individual projects listed within each corridor package equal the total Australian government funding commitment published for that corridor? Typically >> typically yes there is sometimes a corridor unallocated which we talked about earlier today which is an item
that is also included in the corridor
>> Okay. So I've just got a couple of corridors that I just want clarity on. So, can the department confirm that the nine projects listed under the new highway corridor package have a combined Australian government funding allocation of 1.120 and whoever's doing the Bruce Bruce Highway can get ready to jump up next. >> what that number is. >> That would be amazing. >> So there is uh $119.2
million of unallocated funding within the
>> Sorry, say that again. I missed the number
>> 119.2
>> 12 million in the new on the new coridor >> and is that one project or it's just an unallocated amount?
>> It's a it's a bucket. It's an un an unallocated amount.
>> Yep. Um the Bruce Highway South corridor package, as I understand it, there are 22 projects listed um for a total of 6.69 6975 billion. or is there an unallocated amount there,
Uh was that Senator Bell Brummit, assistant secretary, Queensland Transport and Venues Branch. Uh could you just mention the figure you said
>> Uh for the Bruce Highway South corridor package? >> Yep. >> 22 projects. I've got 66975 6.6 6975 over 22 projects
>> and that's Australian government
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. Um so uh the number we have is uh 66 6 bill697 um million six 6.7 billion.
So, Senator, I have on the Bruce Highway South Corridor unallocated um uh
>> there's zero
>> zero.
>> It sounds like zero is what Mr.
>> Zero unallocated in the south corridor
>> on the south corridor. >> Um do we have a there's 37 corridor packages in total around the country as I understand. Do we have um a list of the unallocated amounts against those 37 projects or do you want me to go through them individually?
>> We have that information. We can either go through them individually or we can take them on notice and
>> but if you take them on notice I will get 37 zero or an amount next to the 37.
>> We can give you the ones that just have amount allocated to them.
>> Let's do that >> if you've got them there. Let's just
>> But we'll have to we'll have to work through them all. >> Um because we'll have to
>> Okay. What?
>> We can do it off this spreadsheet.
>> Great. Let's go, Mr. Wood.
>> Would you like [clears throat] me to do the Bruce Highway ones? >> Unallocated.
>> Unallocated. Yes.
>> Uh so Bruce Highway central corridor. Uh4 million $4. million dollars. >> Um Bruce Highway North corridor, uh $9.1 million. >> Uh there's a Bruce Highway safety package corridor uh unallocated, $28.7 million. And then u back to the Bruce Highway south corridor unallocated which is uh
>> Okay. Great.
>> Okay. Uh I can do New South Wales.
>> Great.
>> If you like. Um so New England Highway Corridor has no unallocated.
>> So zero.
>> Sorry. Um >> A new highway. [clears throat] We've done Pacific Highway corridor has zero. >> Princess Highway Corridor also has zero. >> Uh moving to the NT, the Industry Roads Corridor has 155 million.
>> Sorry, which one was that?
>> The industry roads corridor. the outback way has 9 0 06 million
>> as unallocated.
>> As unallocated. Yes. The regional roads corridor. >> Mhm. >> 7.5 million unallocated. The Stewart, Victoria, and Barkley highways corridor has 61.4 million unallocated. >> The Tanmai Road corridor has 46.3 million unallocated.
>> Okay, that all doesn't total 37 corridor packages, but will we have to go through Tazzay?
>> I can finish Queensland.
>> Yeah, there's more to that was just NT
get that on on notice, please, that would be amazing.
>> Yep.
I just want to um understand if you maintain a record of the total amount of funding within corridor packages that has not been allocated to specific. I know we've already done that. Sorry. are there any corridor packages where the Australian government funding commitment exceeds the combined funding allocated to the project publicly listed on the department website?
>> Um, my question to finalize that um