Mobile Phone Towers

The Hon. B.R. HOOD (15:01): I seek leave to provide a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development about mobile phone towers.

Leave granted.

The Hon. B.R. HOOD: The Albanese government's review into infrastructure spending was finalised and released less than a fortnight ago. The Labor federal government has abandoned the traditional 80:20 funding split, leaving it to the states to fund these significant projects. In total, $7 billion of federal funding was withdrawn from 50 projects across the country. In South Australia, we have lost $400 million in commonwealth contributions to five important road infrastructure projects.

My question to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development is: what confidence does she have in the 27 mobile phone towers her government announced for the Limestone Coast that will be delivered, given that the federal government has just reneged on its infrastructure funding deal with the states?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:02): I thank the honourable member for his question. My understanding is that the infrastructure review didn't cover things such as mobile phone towers.