Queensland's treasurer would like the federal budget to cough up billions for the state but says she is resigned to being dudded, again, by the Liberals.
Jackie Trad says the Labor state government wants the Morrison government to pay them the money Queensland is owed for the NDIS.
Her wishlist also includes funding to remote housing, which she says was slashed to zero in last year's federal budget by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a move she labelled at the time as shameful.
Ms Trad says Queensland's population is growing, hitting five million last year, and they need billions of dollars to build the infrastructure necessary to support that growth.
"Unfortunately, Queensland is resigned to a dud deal from this budget," she says in a statement.
What she would like is for the Morrison government to match federal Labor's $2.4 billion commitment to Cross River Rail to unlock capacity on the rest of the rail network.
The $5.4 billion project would allow people to travel between the Gold Coast and Brisbane 20 minutes faster, and Ms Trad said it was currently being fully funded by Queensland.
But the treasurer and deputy premier was not expecting much for Queenslanders.
"While they spend billions on projects for Sydney and Melbourne, it's Queenslanders that get left behind," she said.
Ms Trad echoed a similar sentiment last year when she said the Sunshine State had been overlooked by the federal government despite serving up a third of the country's jobs growth.
Yet Queensland scored well then, taking home one-fifth of the government's $24.5 billion spend on roads and rail.
But Ms Trad said much of that money was meaningless because it was allocated over a number of years rather than being made immediately available.
The state government has committed to spend $1.08 billion on remote housing over 10 years.
