Liberal ministers boasted that they had “secured” funding for commuter car parks, despite the infrastructure department later claiming they were election commitments. But social media posts reveal Liberal ministers had already committed the money before April. Tudge also used the language that funding had been “secured” – regardless of whether the project predated the election campaign or was announced during it. Labor’s shadow urban infrastructure minister, Andrew Giles, said: “The closer you look at the commuter car park program, the worse it gets. Giles and Labor’s infrastructure shadow minister, Catherine King, have written to the audit committee asking it to investigate.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2021 23:03 UTC