reallocated

“Once you reach the point where the subsidiary starts transferring money up to the parent and it gets reallocated, then it’s going to be out of their control,” Bridgeland said.

There was provisional funding to upgrade the capacity of the works between 2020-25 but it was reallocated to priority schemes elsewhere in the region.

But aside from spending cuts, the government has said it will increase defence spending, though the funds are being reallocated from the international aid budget.

Medicare was supposed to be cut as well, through a complicated mechanism that reallocated some of its funds.

"We need to stop thinking that allocated spaces for buildings and roads are permanent when they could be reallocated to prioritise green infrastructure," he said.