New infrastructure minister says some Coalition projects will be scrapped

In an interview with Guardian Australia, King said her priorities in the portfolio included continuing the inland rail and building infrastructure around the 2026 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and 2032 Brisbane Olympics, but said some projects commissioned under the last government would be scrapped.

In an August 2021 Senate estimates hearing, the ANAO outlined how the federal government had awarded funding by preparing a list of 20 top marginal seats, and inviting the sitting MP to nominate projects. Many of those carparks were later scrapped.

King cited the UCF and carparks scheme as situations she wanted to avoid repeating.

As for her own priorities, King singled out progressing the inland rail network, building transport and social housing projects connected to the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, and upgrading and sealing the Tanami Road in the Northern Territory.