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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

BIZARRE: Freight terminal spending short changes victoria state government says - You Need To See This

Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan
Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan says western Melbourne site of proposed freight terminal should be ‘first cab off the rank’. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Victoria’s transport infrastructure minister, Jacinta Allan, has accused the Morrison government of short-changing the state on infrastructure ahead of a multi-billion package for freight terminals being detailed in Tuesday’s federal budget.

Allan also urged the federal government to justify why it was prioritising a freight terminal in Melbourne’s north – at odds with the Andrews government’s location preference – as part of a $3.1bn injection for Melbourne’s intermodal terminal scheme.

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