AusLink is a former Government of Australia land transport funding program, that operated between June 2004 and 2009. The former program was administered by the former Department of Transport & Regional Services. In 2009, the program was replaced with the Nation Building Program under the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009. [1] The Nation Building Program was administered by the Department of Infrastructure & Transport and that program was replaced by The National Land Transport Network, as determined by the Minister for Infrastructure & Regional Development under the National Land Transport Act 2014.
AusLink was administered under the AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005, [2] until the 2005 legislation was superseded by the Infrastructure Australia Act 2008, [3] the Nation Building and Jobs Plan (State Infrastructure Delivery) Act 2009, [4] the Nation-building Funds Act 2008 [5] and the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009. [1]
Major projects completed as part of the AusLink program [6] and information on the funding projects in the states and territories [7]
Rail funding has been announced for the following projects (Auslink project search) [33]
The program was criticised as being a pork barrelling exercise. [34] [35] [36]