Australia Votes 2022: Hunter Region's peak business lobby Business Hunter releases White Paper calling for a $500-million infrastructure fund after May election

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 11 2022 - 6:56pm, first published 4:30pm
AIMING HIGH: Business Hunter chief Bob Hawes with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Newcastle Airport in May last year. Picture: Marina Neil
AIMING HIGH: Business Hunter chief Bob Hawes with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Newcastle Airport in May last year. Picture: Marina Neil

THE region's peak business lobby group Business Hunter wants an incoming federal government to commit $500 million to an "Enabling Infrastructure Fund" (EIF) to help clear property development backlogs and land releases.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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