The Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund was announced over a year ago by Tony Abbott, and precisely nothing has happened since. The legislation was rushed through the Parliament in its last sitting week this year, and no new projects have been announced. The Abbott-Turnbull Government has also cut Tourism Australia funding in real terms, abolished the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Survey of Tourist Accommodation and cancelled Australia’s membership of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and presence at trade shows.
about technology and infrastructure, e.g. the importance of modernisation of industry, or supportive of public spending on infrastructure/tech