A bit like Sunfish, I hear that the Andrews Govt wants to return as much unspent money as possible from the Regional Aviation Fund to General Revenue.
I hear that some but not necessarily all previously approved applications will be funded, but then its all over.
Maybe they need as much money as they can get to pay the cancellation fee for the East-West link. The construction companies & project managers may be amenable to getting other work in lieu. But 2 of the partners in the East West Consortium are overseas financial institutions and they just want the money.