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Darren Chester on the infrastructure spending spree
Jokes about the satirical program Utopia aside, managing the rollout of infrastructure programs in Australia is a formidable task.
Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester says there is too much hyper-partisanship in Australian politics. “I think that the tone of debate in Australia has deteriorated in recent years and we’ve shown ourselves incapable of having a good, rational debate on significant issues and its lead to some poor policies.”
The challenge of projects spanning more than one term requires “making sure that there is a level of transparency in how decisions are made so that any…
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