And an expert panel led by former Nationals Leader Tim Fischer and the Business Council of Australia’s Jennifer Westacott recommended creation of a planning authority to work with the Queensland, NSW, Victoria and ACT governments to advance planning and begin to acquire the corridor before it is built out by urban sprawl. Despite the former Labor Government allocating $54 million to establish the Authority, the incoming Liberal Government scrapped the idea. The Coalition has since refused to facilitate debate of the Private Member’s Bill that Labor introduced into Parliament in December 2013.
positive towards the military, for example for military spending or rearmament or military treaty obligations