Federal election 2016: Queensland 'finds' $800 million for Cross River Rail

By Tony Moore
Updated June 27 2016 - 5:13pm, first published 4:46pm
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer Curtis Pitt have found $800 million for Brisbane's underground rail project. Photo: Robert Shakespeare
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer Curtis Pitt have found $800 million for Brisbane's underground rail project. Photo: Robert Shakespeare
The latest incarnation of Cross River Rail would involve a station on Albert Street. Photo: Supplied
The latest incarnation of Cross River Rail would involve a station on Albert Street. Photo: Supplied

Five days before the federal election Queensland's Labor state government has promised $800 million "in principle" to match the federal Labor opposition's "conditional" $800 million promise for Brisbane's $5.4 billion underground rail project.

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