The federal opposition has confirmed it will also commit 7 billion dollars towards upgrading the Bruce highway if elected. The Coalition had previously promised to reinstate the 80/20 funding split but it comes three days after the Prime Minister made a pre-election announcement.
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00:00A commitment with a catch.
00:05They've made it all about themselves.
00:07Three days after the Prime Minister made a $7.2 billion pledge to upgrade the Bruce Highway,
00:13Peter Dutton's office has confirmed his position.
00:16Committing to the same funding on one condition.
00:19The CFMEU has no part.
00:22He could have just once refused to play politics and said yes, I agree, without putting caveats on it.
00:32The Premier supports Mr Dutton's stipulation.
00:35We are extremely amenable to that because in the end, if you have the CFMEU get its tentacles
00:42into the next wave of projects on the Bruce, you will not deliver what we need to for the Bruce.
00:49The CFMEU have no place with their behaviour on Queensland job sites.
00:54The Federal Opposition promised last year to restore the 80-20 funding split for the Bruce Highway
01:00if it won the next election.
01:02This confirms the funding envelope from both sides.
01:06But Mr Dutton didn't front the cameras, meaning questions couldn't be asked about his condition with the union.
01:12The CFMEU has fired back, with the National Secretary calling Mr Dutton's statements anti-union and anti-worker,
01:20stating excluding workers from employment on the basis of their union membership is illegal.
01:26The construction division of the union remains in administration
01:30after allegations its interstate branches had been infiltrated by bikey figures.
01:35Meanwhile, the Queensland government has launched a public health inquiry
01:39into the impacts of odours from the waste industry in Ipswich.
01:43It will be led by former Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard to run for six months.
01:48I hope and expect to identify further solutions to move forward with this problem.
01:56This needs to be resolved.