Premier Daniel Andrews earlier this month.Credit:Chris Hopkins
“Let me assure you – because I’ve had the conversation with[Prime Minister Anthony Albanese] myself,one-on-one,face-to-face – they are all part of this review,” Premier Daniel Andrews said on Wednesday,a day after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his federal budget
“The Commonwealth government have confirmed for us that all money that is allocated to those projects that are under review – and everything is under review other than the Suburban Rail Loop,so all other commitments are all being reviewed – but that money stays in Victoria.
“I don’t think there’s any funding uncertainty … That money,in aggregate,remains with us.”
The 90-day independent review into the Infrastructure Investment Program will be led by former department secretary Mike Mrdak,Infrastructure Australia acting board member Clare Gardiner-Barnes and former senior West Australian transport bureaucrat Reece Waldock.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
It will focus on keeping projects that “improve long-term productivity,supply chains and economic growth”.
The trio will work directly with the states and territories,and industry and peak bodies would also have the opportunity to make submissions.