Senate debates Bills

High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022; In Committee


Carol Brown

Carol Brown Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

6:36 pm

No projects were cut to fund the authority's establishment. As I understand it—and I'm happy to be corrected—part of that $18 million was money already allocated to the National Faster Rail Agency. That was $10 million, Senator McKenzie—just anticipating what you might ask me next—and the remainder was from the department.

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