Frydenberg rejects states' push for asset recycling | Sky News Australia

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has rejected a push by the states to bring back federal incentives for state asset recycling. Mr Frydenberg told Sky News“the states don’t need any financial incentives to recycle their assets, they’ve shown a willingness and an ability to do that in the past and we will leave them to do into the future”. “We will continue to partner with state governments on really important projects,” he said.

Josh Frydenberg is due to sit down with his state and territory counterparts on Friday at parliament house. Infrastructure spending is excepted to dominate the agenda, with Mr Frydenberg under pressure to help bring forward infrastructure projects in a bid to help boost the economy. He also confirmed to Sky News that he blocked the RBA deputy governor from addressing climate change at Friday’s meeting.

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Frydenberg refuses to put sweeteners on table for state asset recycling | Sky News AustraliaThe government is resisting a renewed push to bring back financial incentives for state asset recycling programs ahead of a crucial treasurers meeting in the nation's capital on Friday. \n\nNSW Treasurer Dominic Perrotet has been marshalling support for the scheme, which would help fund large infrastructure projects designed to fire-up the economy. \n\nBut Josh Frydenberg dismised the idea on Friday, maintaining there were other ways the states could fuel growth - like changes to tax arrangements and making public departments more efficient. \n\nTreasurer Frydenberg told Sky News on Friday he would not put any sweeteners on the table. \n\n“They don’t need any financial incentives to recycle their assets,” he said. \n\n“They’ve shown both a willingness and an ability to do that in the past and we’ll leave them to do that into the future.” \n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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