East West Link: Tony Abbott lashes out over scrapping of project

By Mark Kenny Chief Political Correspondent
Updated April 16 2015 - 9:08am, first published April 15 2015 - 6:06pm
An artist's impression of the East West Link.
An artist's impression of the East West Link.

Tony Abbott has left open the option of taking back nearly $1.5 billion in federal funding for the East West Link as he lashed out at the Victorian government, accusing it of "recklessly" destroying 7000 jobs, adding to traffic congestion and damaging Australia's reputation for safe, reliable infrastructure investment.

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